From: mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere   
      
   Jim Diamond  writes:   
      
   > A while back there was some discussion about whether /etc/mtab is (or   
   > should be) a file or a link to /proc/mounts (or /proc/self/mounts).   
      
   > So... please chime in...  What is /etc/mtab on your systems, upgraded and   
   > fresh installs?   
      
   I think I was the OP on that.  Slackware 15 installed from bootable   
   DVD created from d/l iso.  Came up with mtab as link to /proc/mounts.   
      
   I often mount laptop or 2nd desktop on main box's fs, for backup or   
   other purposes.  Annoyance that root has to umount them.   
      
   Another poster remarked on having scripts to pre-identify how an   
   upgrade would/might break his setup.  I've tried to avoid those   
   worries with always a new install, then reconstructing (with much   
   bother as my pleas for help here reflect) the numerous idiosyncrasies   
   of my setup.   
      
   --   
   Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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