Brian grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
On Sat 31 Aug 2013 at 10:59:34 -0700, David Guntner wrote:
Because it makes no sense to me, whatsoever, as to why it would be
pulling in information from areas that are traditionally not booted
from. Like, for example, under /backup. So for me, it's a mystery.
There's probably a reason for it, but I don't know what it is.
You've been given the reason; you have to adjust you thinking to it.
I don't mind a bit of cutting of mails, but when I said
> The only way for that line to be generated is for an /etc/debian_version
> file to be found on the partition.
it was really an invitation for you to look for the file and say whether
it exists. Does it?
Oh, sorry! I guess I missed that part.
I suppose it exists on the partition in a sense, but within the
filesystem, it lives as /backup/etc/debian_version. /backup is the only
mounted filesystem on /dev/sdb1.
There's an actual /etc/debian_version file on sda5 (where / is mounted)
as well.