Hello. I recently started using Ext3, and based on advice on the LKML, changed my /etc/fstab to mount / as auto (incase I didn't have ext2 support). This was tested on 2.4.16, as well as 2.5.1-pre4.
Now, my / partition doesn't show up in 'df' unless I do 'df -a' or explictly as for / If I change my /etc/fstab to mount / as ext3 instead of auto, it works again. cypher:~# df --version df (fileutils) 4.1 cypher:~# dpkg -s fileutils Package: fileutils Essential: yes Status: install ok installed Priority: required Section: base Installed-Size: 1612 Maintainer: Michael Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 4.1-7 cypher:~# df Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 6036144 1278368 4757776 22% /mnt/C /dev/hdb1 30000512 13929392 16071120 47% /mnt/D cypher:~# df -a Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 1984272 1496656 386816 80% / proc 0 0 0 - /proc devpts 0 0 0 - /dev/pts /dev/hda1 6036144 1278368 4757776 22% /mnt/C none 0 0 0 - /proc/bus/usb /dev/hdb1 30000512 13929392 16071120 47% /mnt/D cypher:~# df / Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 1984272 1496656 386816 80% / cypher:~# cat /proc/mounts /dev/root / ext3 rw 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/C vfat rw 0 0 none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs rw 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/D vfat rw 0 0 cypher:~# cat /etc/mtab /dev/hda2 / auto rw,errors=remount-ro,errors=remount-ro 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/C vfat rw,0 0 0 none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs rw 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/D vfat rw 0 0 cypher:~# cat /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> /dev/hda2 / auto defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1/dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0/dev/fd0 /floppy auto defaults,user,noauto 0 0/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0/dev/burner /burner iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/C vfat 0 none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/D vfat strace of 'df' execve("/bin/df", ["df"], [/* 16 vars */]) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="cypher", ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x804f164 open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(0x3, 0xbfffef34) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 33404, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40016000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0(\327\1"..., 1024) = 1024 fstat64(0x3, 0xbfffef7c) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 1187968, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4001f000 mprotect(0x40137000, 41088, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x40137000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x117000) = 0x40137000 old_mmap(0x4013d000, 16512, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4013d000 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40016000, 33404) = 0 brk(0) = 0x804f164 brk(0x804f18c) = 0x804f18c brk(0x8050000) = 0x8050000 open("/etc/mtab", O_RDONLY) = 3 brk(0x8052000) = 0x8052000 fstat64(0x3, 0xbffff4dc) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40016000 read(3, "/dev/hda2 / auto rw,errors=remou"..., 4096) = 223 read(3, "", 4096) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40016000, 4096) = 0 fstat64(0x1, 0xbffff3cc) = 0 ioctl(1, TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40016000 write(1, "Filesystem 1k-blocks "..., 67) = 67 statfs("/proc", {f_type="PROC_SUPER_MAGIC", f_bsize=1024, f_blocks=0, f_bfree=0, f_files=0, f_ffree=0, f_namelen=255}) = 0 stat64(0x80503a8, 0xbffff7fc) = 0 open("/proc/mounts", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(0x3, 0xbfffed1c) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40017000 read(3, "/dev/root / ext3 rw 0 0\nproc /pr"..., 1024) = 170 stat64(0xbffff3ee, 0xbffff384) = 0 stat64(0xbffff3e9, 0xbffff384) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40017000, 4096) = 0 statfs("/dev/pts", {f_type=0x1cd1, f_bsize=1024, f_blocks=0, f_bfree=0, f_files=0, f_ffree=0, f_namelen=255}) = 0 stat64(0x80503f8, 0xbffff7fc) = 0 open("/proc/mounts", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(0x3, 0xbfffed1c) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40017000 read(3, "/dev/root / ext3 rw 0 0\nproc /pr"..., 1024) = 170 stat64(0xbffff3ee, 0xbffff384) = 0 stat64(0xbffff3e9, 0xbffff384) = 0 stat64(0xbffff3eb, 0xbffff384) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40017000, 4096) = 0 statfs("/mnt/C", {f_type="MSDOS_SUPER_MAGIC", f_bsize=4096, f_blocks=1509036, f_bfree=1189444, f_files=0, f_ffree=0, f_namelen=260}) = 0 stat64(0x8050448, 0xbffff7fc) = 0 open("/proc/mounts", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(0x3, 0xbfffed1c) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40017000 read(3, "/dev/root / ext3 rw 0 0\nproc /pr"..., 1024) = 170 stat64(0xbffff3ee, 0xbffff384) = 0 stat64(0xbffff3e9, 0xbffff384) = 0 stat64(0xbffff3eb, 0xbffff384) = 0 stat64(0xbffff3ee, 0xbffff384) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40017000, 4096) = 0 write(1, "/dev/hda1 6036144 "..., 63) = 63 statfs("/proc/bus/usb", {f_type=0x9fa2, f_bsize=1024, f_blocks=0, f_bfree=0, f_files=0, f_ffree=0, f_namelen=255}) = 0 stat64(0x8050498, 0xbffff7fc) = 0 open("/proc/mounts", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(0x3, 0xbfffed1c) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40017000 read(3, "/dev/root / ext3 rw 0 0\nproc /pr"..., 1024) = 170 stat64(0xbffff3ee, 0xbffff384) = 0 stat64(0xbffff3e9, 0xbffff384) = 0 stat64(0xbffff3eb, 0xbffff384) = 0 stat64(0xbffff3ee, 0xbffff384) = 0 stat64(0xbffff3e9, 0xbffff384) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40017000, 4096) = 0 statfs("/mnt/D", {f_type="MSDOS_SUPER_MAGIC", f_bsize=16384, f_blocks=1875032, f_bfree=1004445, f_files=0, f_ffree=0, f_namelen=260}) = 0 stat64(0x80504f0, 0xbffff7fc) = 0 open("/proc/mounts", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(0x3, 0xbfffed1c) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40017000 read(3, "/dev/root / ext3 rw 0 0\nproc /pr"..., 1024) = 170 stat64(0xbffff3ee, 0xbffff384) = 0 stat64(0xbffff3e9, 0xbffff384) = 0 stat64(0xbffff3eb, 0xbffff384) = 0 stat64(0xbffff3ee, 0xbffff384) = 0 stat64(0xbffff3e9, 0xbffff384) = 0 stat64(0xbffff3ee, 0xbffff384) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40017000, 4096) = 0 write(1, "/dev/hdb1 30000512 "..., 63) = 63 munmap(0x40016000, 4096) = 0 _exit(0) = ? -- Burton Windle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux: the "grim reaper of innocent orphaned children." from /usr/src/linux-2.4.0/init/main.c:655 _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils