Re: /mnt created at boot?

From: Jeff Elkins (jeffelkins_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 02/25/04

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    Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 18:02:44 -0500
    
    

    On Tuesday 24 February 2004 3:46 pm, Paul E Condon wrote:
    >On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 01:16:45PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote:
    >> On Monday 23 February 2004 11:20 pm, Paul E Condon wrote:
    >> >On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 11:03:53PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote:
    >> >> I'm working on a system where upon boot the /mnt directory is created
    >> >> and quite a few subdirs underneath as well (floppy,cdrom,cdrom1,etc).
    >> >> Is this type of behavior part of autofs? I'm trying to turn it off,
    >> >> along with having /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrom1 erased with each reboot...
    >> >>
    >> >> This is a mepis-install, dist-upgraded to sid.
    >> >>
    >> >> Thanks,
    >> >>
    >> >> Jeff
    >> >
    >> >Can you explain why you want this?
    >>
    >> I don't want this :)
    >>
    >> This is an install from a Mepis Linux CD. Mepis is a Debian-based live CD
    >> distro and it's quite nice, but some of the behavior is weird (to me) and
    >> I'm trying to tame it back to the 'normal' sid situation I'm used to.
    >>
    >> What's happening here is that it creates mount points (cd,cd1,floppy,and
    >> many more) under /mnt. I don't use /mnt. When I rm -rf /mnt, upon reboot
    >> they are re-created. Not that that harms anything, but it's an irritant. I
    >> removed autofs to no avail. I'm still digging through init scripts.
    >>
    >> Additionally, entries I create in dev (cdrom,cdrom1,and dvd) are erased
    >> when the box is rebooted. I don't find a /dev/.devfsd file, nor does mount
    >> report devfs.
    >
    >Look for a script that is run at boot time and that does the things you
    > don't want. Examine it carefully before you delete the steps that you don't
    > want. Those steps may be essential to the Mepis way of doing things. If
    > they are, you need to implement a replacement way prior to deleting the
    > Mepis way.
    >
    >Don't know Mepis, so I can't guess just how hard it will be. Have you tried
    >plain vanilla sid, or sarge, or woody? You may be embarking on eliminating
    >just the features that make Mepis quite nice.
    >
    >Personally, I run Sarge and think it's quite nice. And I get 100% support
    > from this list with no guessing by advice givers as to what I'm running.

    I run a "pure" sid box. The Mepis derivative is just something I'm trying to
    debug :)

    That said, I'm going through init scripts.

    Thanks!

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