[Techtalk] grub/boot image problems

[Marize Pommot-Maia]

In my case, when I figured out that I had forgotten to mount '/boot', I did
1) make sure '/boot' is not mounted
     # umount /boot
2) check what is left in the "ghost" '/boot' and delete all
3) mount '/boot' and copy images, edit grub, etc.

If you'd rather have '/boot' mounted at boot time, edit '/etc/fstab' and 
  delete 'noauto'.  As for being a good policy or not, it's a matter of 
taste.

HTH,

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				Marize Pommot-Maia
				marize at pommot.net

Katie Bechtold wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 03:48:11PM -0400, Marize Pommot-Maia wrote:
> 
>>I once forgot that '/boot' is not mounted all the time.  One must mount 
>>it before modifying anything in that partition.  Could this be the case?
> 
> 
> Yes, that seems to be the source of my confusion!
> 
> 
>>># cat /etc/mtab
>>>/dev/hda3 / reiserfs rw,noatime 0 0
>>>none /proc proc rw 0 0
>>>none /dev devfs rw 0 0
>>>none /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
>>>none /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
> 
> 
> Well, *now* I get this:
> # cat /etc/mtab
> /dev/hda3 / reiserfs rw,noatime 0 0
> none /proc proc rw 0 0
> none /dev devfs rw 0 0
> none /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
> none /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
> /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 rw,noatime 0 0
> 
> So the /boot partition -- the *real* one -- is now mounted, and it
> has all the appropriate kernel images and grub config files.  I swear
> I didn't change anything between those two times.  How did the /boot
> partition get mounted?
> 
> Should I delete the "fake" /boot/ directory on /dev/hda3?
> 
> How might I ensure in the future that the /boot partition is always
> mounted (assuming that's a good policy)?  My /etc/fstab already has
> the following entry:
> /dev/hda1      /boot       ext2    noauto,noatime          1 1
>