EOL???

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 28 September 2021 12:58:10 Paul Smith wrote:

> On Tue, 2021-09-28 at 11:42 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > However the mount point root is AFAIK limited to / so it must be
> > mounted at /home.
>
> I'm not sure if you mean, you can't mount partitions other than in the
> root directory but if that's what you mean, that's not the case.  See
> my other reply: you can mount a partition anywhere that a directory
> exists in the "parent" filesystem.  It doesn't have to be at the root.

What I was trying to say, but blew it, was that only one / could exist. 
mount points can be anyplace leading back to that /

In fact I have a subdir entry in /home/me/3dp.stf/sdb1 on the machine 
that feeds my 3d printer. empty until I mount the sd card from my prusa 
printer there, so its handy to cura and writing a slice file with mc is 
a whole lot less clicks than cd'ing back to /media. And I don't need to 
be root to do it since vfat has no concept of ownership.

I could hook up a usb cable and skip the card, but udev (i think its 
udev) seems to scan even busy usb ports, and contaminates the print in 
progress as it does so. I think its a buglet but using the card for that 
4 foot data move is more dependably done. It Just Works. 

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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