[Techtalk] grub/boot image problems

[Katie Bechtold]

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

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