Subject: Re: [vserver] Oddity with df
From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 19:32:28 +0200

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 06:03:34PM +0100, Phil Daws wrote:
> Hi Herbert,

> Not that I am aware of. Using the scientific image I built a
> CentOS6 one and changed the repo URLs. That is all which has
> been done.

well, the guest's mtab is written by util-vserver, so the
version would be interesting, also mtab can be overridden
by guest config entries (default and guest specific) which
might be the case here as well, finally a --debug guest
start might shed some light on this issue ...

best,
Herbert

> -- 
> Thanks, Phil
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 05:51:13PM +0100, Phil Daws wrote:
> > > Hmmm, trawling around it would appear I should see something
> > > like /dev/hdv1 / ext2 rw 0 0 in /etc/mtab. If I check and older
> > > vserver system I do see that but not on the latest release.
> > > Has something changed in util-vserver where that does not
> > > automatically get added now ?
> > 
> > IIRC, newer systems switched to /etc/mtab being a link
> > to /proc/mounts (which should work fine) so maybe your
> > setup removes/clears out /etc/mtab inside the guest?
> > 
> > > --
> > > Thanks, Phil
> > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > 
> > >> Hello,
> > 
> > >> within our test lab I am trying out 3.2.15-vs2.3.2.8 and a
> > >> few CentOS6 clients. Now that the upstart issues have been
> > >> resolved all are looking pretty good. One oddity I have
> > >> noticed is that when I perform a 'df' from within a guest the
> > >> response is:
> > 
> > >> df: no file systems processed
> > 
> > >> is there a new capability flag I am missing ?
> > 
> > not that I know of ...
> > 
> > best,
> > Herbert
> > 
> > >> --
> > >> Thanks, Phil
> >