Bug 21068 – /sbin/rc can't mount /proc if /etc/fstab contains lines beginning with "/proc"

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Ian Abbott 2003-05-15 11:30:34 UTC]

If I put extra lines in /etc/fstab beginning with the string "/proc", the
/sbin/rc  script fails to mount /proc on booting the system.  (The reason for
these lines in /etc/fstab is for conveniently mounting /proc with the 'bind'
option for a chrooted system.)

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Make a test directory '/mnt/proc'
2.Add '/proc /mnt/proc none defaults,noauto,bind 0 0' to /etc/fstab
3.Reboot




It can be fixed with a more explicit mount command in /sbin/rc:

  try mount -n -t proc none /proc

(The 'none' can be anything, really.  RedHat use 'mount -n -t proc /proc /proc'.)

[Comment 1 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-05-16 10:07:58 UTC]

Please attach the fstab that breaks things.

[Comment 2 Ian Abbott 2003-05-16 12:04:23 UTC]

Created attachment 12060 [details]
Requested /etc/fstab

[Comment 3 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-05-21 11:08:03 UTC]

Ok, I read this, but did not *read* it at first.  Fixed on cvs, thanks.