Subject: kern/1796: mounting file systems while chrooted leads to bogus mount list
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: John Kohl <jtk@kolvir.arlington.ma.us>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/29/1995 19:40:10
>Number:         1796
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       mounting file systems while chrooted leads to bogus mount list
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people (Kernel Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 29 20:05:00 1995
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     John Kohl
>Organization:
NetBSD Kernel Hackers `R` Us
>Release:        1.1
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD pattern 1.1 NetBSD 1.1 (PATTERN) #0: Fri Nov 24 11:01:09 EST 1995 jtk@pattern:/u1/NetBSD-current/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/PATTERN i386


>Description:
	If you mount file systems while chrooted (e.g. using the i386 upgrade
install procedure), the kernel mount table includes false "mounted-on"
pathnames which are the chrooted pathnames.

I'm not sure this is something worth fixing, or even easily fixable, but
it confused me so I figured I'd at least report it.

>How-To-Repeat:
run an i386 upgrade install, type 'df' at one of the prompts.

>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: