mount question

[Chris Janicki]

Disclaimer: some semi-guesses here...

1. There's no way to view what's covered by a mount (I read that 
somewhere).

2. Mounts are relative to the mount point... so you don't have to mount 
/var/log at '/'.  Try mounting it on '/mnt', then you can access it via 
/mnt/var/log.  (/mnt is a new directory you have to create).



>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 3/15/01, 12:04:51 PM, Ron Peterson <ron.peterson at yellowbank.com> wrote 
regarding mount question:


> I just set up a new machine with /var and /var/log on separate 
partitions.
> Each partition is on a different disk.  My fstab mounted /var/log before
> /var (because it did sda before sdb).  Therefore my /var/log mount was
> blown away, and all my log files are on sdb.

> Switching my fstab entries around fixes the mount problem.  But now how 
do
> I get the old log files?  I know I could just unmount /var/log, copy 
them,
> and remount.  But I'm wondering if there's a way to see what's on the 
disk
> when it's covered up by a mount.

> ??

> --

> -Ron-
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