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Subject: Re[4]: fsck root fs: fsck, devfs, /proc/mounts miscooperate.
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Hello Richard,

Wednesday, August 29, 2001, 5:27:19 PM, you wrote:
RG> You say you are running devfs. Well, if that's the case, you can
RG> simply do:
RG> # fsck /dev/root

RG> because devfs makes /dev/root a symbolic link to the root FS device.
RG> Magic.

Thanks! It works!
However, I still think "fsck /" behavior isn't right - people who don't use
devfs won't be able to check root fs without fstab entry for it.
This seems fixable - "mount -o remount,rw /" works without /dev/root
trick, right?

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VDA
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