On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote: > Ross Boylan wrote: >> >> I setup a chroot on a snapshot. Part of the setup was >> mount --rbind /dev /mnt/chrtest/dev > > Why did you choose "rbind" over "bind". Just curious. The advantage of using "rbind" is that you don't have to mount "/dev/pts" and "/dev/shm" (or just "/dev/pts" on wheezy since "/dev/shm" has been moved to "/run/shm") after mounting "/dev".