normal mount points
Jerry McAllister
jerrymc at msu.edu
Sun Apr 29 01:03:08 UTC 2007
On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 11:21:20AM -0700, Graham North wrote:
> I ran the df command last night to check slice sizes in anticipation of
> doing some backup and eventual tranfer to a new machine.
> The output gave me not just normal slices that were created at install
> but also three additional (mount points?)
> /proc
> /net
> /host
No problem. /proc is sort of a psuedo file system that enables
some routines such as top to look at certain pieces of information.
Probably /net and /host are also psuedo file systems, but I have
never seen them before. If they are legit, they are for something
I do not run.
> The machine is a simple web server and print server with little else on
> it. Can some explain to me (or point me to) an explanation of mount
> points?
A mount point is just a directory where the system attaches pointers
to some type of data structure. You create a mountpoint using
the mkdir command just like with a directory. It only becomes a
mountpoint when something is attached to it - a file system or some
other system structure. Of course, actual file systems such as
for / or /usr or /home are the most common seen, others, including
memory file systems can be created and attached to a directory.
When a filesystem is mounted over a directory, if there is something
else in the directory - other files and directories - they are covered
up until the attached item is unmounted.
That all probably isn't very clear, but it should at least let you
not worry too much.
////jerry
> Thanks,
> Graham/
>
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