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Re: mount_partition() and filesystem types



On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 11:57:31PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> until the kernel adds another nodev filesystem type and your mount
> starts happily mounting it instead of a real filesystem.

libfdisk only recognises "partitions" that occur in /proc/partitions.
Further, mount_partition() filters the remnant by partion type.
Consequently, no nodev filesystems should be offered for mounting.

Regards,

Mark.



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