Re: Ramdisk (and other) problems with 2.4.2

[David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se>]

On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 08:23:43PM +0100, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> > Andries, comments?
> 
> > remount
> >    Attempt  to  change the mount flags of
> >    already-mounted file system.  This is commonly
> >    used to make a readonly file system writeable.
> 
> Yes. But maybe "mount flags" is too narrow?
> It is up to the filesystem what precisely it does.
> What about
> 
> remount
>         Attempt to remount an  already-mounted  file
>         system.  This is commonly used to change the
>         mount flags for a file system, especially to
>         make  a  readonly  file system writeable. It
>         does not change device or mount point.

Why not emphasize the last sentence, and write

"It cannot change device or mount point." instead.


/David
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