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[Bug 183] /etc/mtab --> /proc/mounts symlink added

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chapter01/changelog.xml
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<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>January 23rd, 2002 [markh]: Chapter 6: Added the section
Create /etc/mtab symlink.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>January 23rd, 2002 [gerard]: Removed the file -C command
from the file installation. This package runs this command at the very end
of the installation so we don't need to do this anymore.</para></listitem>

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chapter06/chapter06.xml
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&c6-bashprofile;
&c6-chroot;
&c6-changingowner;
&c6-mtablink;
&c6-glibc;
&c6-makedev;
&c6-manpages;

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mounted read-only and the information in /etc/mtab is stale (i.e. out of
date).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

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<!ENTITY c6-chrootcmd SYSTEM "chapter6/chrootcmd.xml">
<!ENTITY c6-chroot SYSTEM "chapter6/chroot.xml">
<!ENTITY c6-changingowner SYSTEM "chapter6/changingowner.xml">
<!ENTITY c6-mtablink SYSTEM "chapter6/mtablink.xml">
<!ENTITY c6-glibc SYSTEM "chapter6/glibc.xml">
<!ENTITY c6-glibc-inst SYSTEM "chapter6/glibc-inst.xml">
<!ENTITY c6-glibc-exp SYSTEM "chapter6/glibc-exp.xml">