I wrote:
: For various reasons, we started looking into loopback mounted file
: systems yesterday. As luck would have it, the machine we tried to do
: this with, when given the command:
:
: mount -t lo /home/tmp /fred
:
: would return with the message:
:
: mount_lo: mount /home/tmp on /fred: No such device
: mount: giving up on:
: /fred
:
: The machine in question is an IPX running 4.1.3.
:
: All the other machines in the office (A 4/330 running 4.1.2, a Sparc 1
: running 4.1.2 and a Sun 3/60 running 4.1.1) all happily perform the
: loopback mounting without a hassle.
:
: The bottom line then is "What am I missing?"
Thanks to:
Anthony A. Datri <aad@scr.siemens.com>
Eirik Fuller <eirik@elf.ithaca.ny.us>
Peter Dalgaard <kubipdal@uts.uni-c.dk>
who all pointed out that I was missing the line:
options LOFS
from my kernal configuration file.
Regards
Neil
--
Neil S. Briscoe Telephone: +44 252 376737
System Administrator Fax: +44 252 376644
Email: neil@salmon.demon.co.uk
nbriscoe@cix.compulink.co.uk
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