On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 07:16:37PM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: > I think you are going about it wrong, or looking at it backwards, or > something. It may be helpful to note that filesystems are mounted > _over_ an existing mount point, not under. So, if you have two > directories: > /media/pendrive > /ia32/media/pendrive > > and you bind mount /media/pendrive onto /ia32/media/pendrive, you get > exactly what is in /media/pendrive *right now*. When you later mount > the actual pendrive _over top_ of /media/pendrive, it does nothing to > what's underneath of it, and so the bind mount is unaffected. > > So, all that being said, your solution is actually not a bad one, and > seems to work. If you want an easier to maintain setup, the only thing > I can think off the top of my head would be > a) hard linking the directory one level up (e.g., /media), this will of > course only work if they are on the same file system.
You don't hardlink directories. > b) an automounter arrangement that mounted the removable/network media in > both places. This seems slightly more difficult, but doesn't on the > face of it, seem impossible. Hmm. Auto bind mount on mount? The symlink looks cleaner with the original mount in the chroot location. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
