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<sect1 id="ch06-mtablink">
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<title>Creating the /etc/mtab symlink</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="mtablink.html" dir="chapter06"?>
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<para>The next thing to do is to create a symlink pointing from
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/etc/mtab to /proc/mounts. This is done using the following
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command:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>ln -s /proc/mounts /etc/mtab</userinput></screen></para>
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<para>Creating this symlink avoids problems which can occur if / is
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mounted read-only and the information in /etc/mtab is stale (i.e. out of
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date). By creating the symlink to /proc/mounts, we ensure that
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/etc/mtab will always be up-to-date.</para>
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<para>Note that using this symlink requires that you have /proc
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filesystem support compiled into your kernel. This is included by
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default and should not be removed unless you <emphasis>really</emphasis>
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know what you are doing as many more things than just the /etc/mtab
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symlink depend on /proc being present. In summary, make sure you have
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/proc filesystem support in your kernel.</para>
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</sect1>
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