From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-100467-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1MoQHF-0001p5-0W for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:20:37 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A25BBE06C1; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:20:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iw0-f181.google.com (mail-iw0-f181.google.com [209.85.223.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86607E06C1 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:20:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn11 with SMTP id 11so463186iwn.10 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:20:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type; bh=q1E6mRQuf0ITCFS/d+8P6DZgr3pRcer8nVBYusbCIPc=; b=lucnvnCrQr0+9RuFs1m51c48Fbf/5pPJT2Xp3gypEGWOd8tAhmEc3YepXpPL6VWiXL jKujPWwLpWqFUMTHtkLd7DEFJvSI2JF5ISqXB0ey0Skza9Qkk8sKjcnt3RO34xjiGKty 8OF5cpXqOa0nRbiXZZ6nQ04QdCrgVDsYHg6CE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; b=ikAq6ZgQRQj8QHM4ycIGIorVmXlWch8AiRwaNI50oBQutdAt30n8IlEWHJoauOKjS0 2Q3HL+1mtL54m1IpfHJ7yyMoxddfE3kbEYdmYBj24G37aPubxEKIssgOb3nirsucQtKS /G4Gzx7oRARlm0YB78dfmeSNtApv+0vyT/MCI= Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.81.148 with SMTP id x20mr343225ibk.2.1253229635275; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:20:35 -0700 (PDT) From: "Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:20:15 +1000 Message-ID: <7bef1f890909171620o2aab052bo3eaacdfc8ec6e62d@mail.gmail.com> Subject: [gentoo-user] Information request: root directory not listed by df To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd56c323b8b4e0473ce43a8 X-Archives-Salt: da2f2147-fcf0-447a-a8cf-2919d663cb10 X-Archives-Hash: b015f07b43a44bfd5332aff1a9f6cb81 --000e0cd56c323b8b4e0473ce43a8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I followed the method outlined in the Gentoo installation docs, placing /boot on a small partition. Then when booting, I specify the root directory in grub.conf. The device is listed in /etc/fstab /dev/sda4 / ext3 noatime 0 1 However, df doesn't list /dev/sda4. Is this because it was specified as a parameter? The following are listed by df: rootfs 9780176 8060012 1223356 87% / /dev/root 9780176 8060012 1223356 87% / Thank you, Alan Davis You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing---that's what counts. ----Richard Feynman --000e0cd56c323b8b4e0473ce43a8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I followed the method outlined in the Gentoo installation docs, placing /bo= ot on a small partition.=A0 Then when booting, I specify the root directory= in grub.conf. <br><br>The device is listed in /etc/fstab<br><br>=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 /dev/sda4=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0 /=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 ext3=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 noatime=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 0 1<br> <br>However, df doesn't list /dev/sda4.=A0 Is this because it was speci= fied as a parameter?<br>The following are listed by df:<br><br>=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 rootfs=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0 9780176=A0=A0 8060012=A0=A0 1223356=A0 87% /<br>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 /dev/root=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 9= 780176=A0=A0 8060012=A0=A0 1223356=A0 87% /<br> <br>Thank you,<br>Alan Davis<br><br>You can know the name of a bird in all = the languages of the world, =A0but when you're finished, you'll kno= w absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bi= rd and see what it's doing---that's what counts.<br> <br> =A0 =A0----Richard Feynman<br> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0<br> --000e0cd56c323b8b4e0473ce43a8--