From: kunglao AT prairienet DOT org (Gilligan) Subject: problem with /etc/mtab 24 Sep 1997 15:52:25 -0700 Message-ID: <34298EFE.7F0A2605.cygnus.gnu-win32@prairienet.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: GNU Win 32 I'm having a bit of a problem getting updatedb/locate working. I've compiled new ones, since the ones that come with b18 have some /pizza/* directory hardcoded in. For some reason, updatedb is checking /etc/mtab and always gives me an error about /dev/st1 not existing. I tried umounting them, removing them from the registry, but alas it comes back with the same thing. I'll try and figure out just what the line is in the script, but why is it that those /dev/st[01] (as well as the floppy devices) are always in there? I can understand the compatibility issue, if a unix program accesses /dev/fd0. When I did delete them, they eventually came back mysteriously :). Granted, if people have tapes or whatever they're probably useful. What's the reason for forcing them though? Would it be possible to have the /dev stuff all behind the scenes without them in the mount table? Laters - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".