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Old 06-07-2005, 07:06 AM   #1
sohmc
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weird mount behavior


I just moved an ide-ata hard drive from an old computer to my current one. It joins another hard drive, but it's a SATA.

Here is what it looks like:
Code:
        /dev/sda
             -->/dev/sda1  (ntfs)
             -->/dev/sda2  (ext3 -- linux root partition)
             -->/dev/sda1  (swap)
        /dev/hda
             -->/dev/hda1  (ext3 -- has a linux root partition, but not booting with it)
             -->/dev/hda2  (swap)
The system boots fine, after some minor adjustments[1]. However, when I type the command "mount", this is what I get:
Code:
sohmc@bart:~> mount
/dev/hda1 on / type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/ntfs type ntfs (rw)
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
homer:/fs/disks/foothill on /fs/imports/homer/foothill type nfs (rw,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,nfsvers=2,intr,addr=192.168.1.200)
homer:/fs/disks/pyro on /fs/imports/homer/pyro type nfs (rw,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,nfsvers=2,intr,addr=192.168.1.200)
homer:/home on /fs/imports/homer/home type nfs (rw,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,nfsvers=2,intr,addr=192.168.1.200)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
Notice that mount says /dev/hda1 is mounted on /, not /dev/sda2

However, / is ACTUALLY /dev/sda2!! All my files are there, everything is the same. Mount seems like it's either reporting inaccurate data or /dev/hda1 is actually mounted on / but then /dev/sda2 mounted on top of it.

here is my fstab:
Code:
sohmc@bart:~> cat /etc/fstab 
LABEL=/                 /               ext3    defaults        1 1
#none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  defaults        0 0
none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
none                    /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
/dev/sda3               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
/dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
/dev/sda1               /mnt/ntfs               auto    defaults        0 0

# NFS Mounts
homer:/fs/disks/foothill                /fs/imports/homer/foothill             nfs      rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,nfsvers=2,intr
homer:/fs/disks/pyro            /fs/imports/homer/pyro  nfs     rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,nfsvers=2,intr
homer:/home     /fs/imports/homer/home          nfs     rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,nfsvers=2,intr

# End of NFS Mounts
I know I'm going to get some people to say "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" but I want things to look accurate so I know what is mounted, where it's mounted, and what isn't.

any help would be appreciated.

thanks!


Footnotes:
[1]: For the curious, I had to edit /boot/grub/grub.conf to boot explicitly from /dev/sda2, instead of label=/
 
  


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