what is the /dev/root file for??

[David Heard]

what is the /dev/root file for??

[John Carr_2 · Accepted solution]

Hi

this is the root filesystem which has all the programs required to boot the system up to multiuser mode

:-) John

[Pete Randall]

You usually see /dev/root in bdf output after the system has been brought up in LVM maintenance mode. The system should always be rebooted when work in LVM maintenance mode is completed, rather than brought up to multi-user state via the "init 3" command.


Pete

[Mark Grant]

I think you'll find that this is the root filesystem when you boot in maintenance mode.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

You the /dev/root in lvm maintenance mode.

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Pete Randall]

I should have added that you can correct this problem (/dev/root instead of /) by doing the following:

# mv /etc/mnttab /etc/mnttab.orig
# mount -a

That should get lvol3 mounted back to / where it belongs.


Pete