> > Specifically, if you want to do "mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/lfs", but you > have to create the directory "/mnt/lfs" BEFORE you do the mount, then > where does the inode information about "/mnt/lfs" get written? I'm sure > I'm missing some details. > > > In the beginning, you just have the root filesystem. > > As any filesystem, it is "just" a map from paths to content. > > When you create the directory /mnt/lfs, this writes something to the > disk. > > [ as it is a directory it does not touch inodes, but that's besides the > point ] > > So now you have a root filesystem (/) saying that "/mnt/lfs" is a > directory, (You could create files in there if you wanted) > > When you say "mout /dev/whatever /mnt/lfs" it just creates some > structure in the kenel, telling he kernel to access some data on your > /dev/whatever, when you access /mnt/lfs/foobar. > > So, after the mount, the kernel has some new data, but neither your > root filesystem, nor /dev/whatever has any data written on it.
That clears things up a lot. Again, thanks for your clear explanations! Alan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
