[root@main ~]# strace mount /dev/hda1 /boot execve("/bin/mount", ["mount", "/dev/hda1", "/boot"], [/* 17 vars */]) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="main.hs62.be", ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x8427000 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=18205, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 18205, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ffb000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/tls/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\20ON\000"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1454462, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(0x4d0000, 1219772, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x4d0000 old_mmap(0x5f4000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x124000) = 0x5f4000 old_mmap(0x5f8000, 7356, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x5f8000 close(3) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7ffa000 mprotect(0x5f4000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x4cc000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7ffaaa0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0 munmap(0xb7ffb000, 18205) = 0 brk(0) = 0x8427000 brk(0x8448000) = 0x8448000 open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=48510704, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 2097152, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7dfa000 close(3) = 0 umask(022) = 022 open("/dev/null", O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 close(3) = 0 getuid32() = 0 geteuid32() = 0 lstat64("/etc/mtab", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=508, ...}) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, ~[TRAP SEGV RTMIN RT_1], NULL, 8) = 0 stat64("/dev/hda1", {st_mode=S_IFBLK|0660, st_rdev=makedev(3, 1), ...}) = 0 open("/dev/hda1", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 _llseek(3, 0, [0], SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 576) = 576 _llseek(3, 512, [512], SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512 _llseek(3, 1024, [1024], SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "\370e\0\0\304\227\1\0c\24\0\0J[\1\0\322e\0\0\1\0\0\0\0"..., 228) = 228 close(3) = 0 stat64("/sbin/mount.ext3", 0xbfee0980) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) mount("/dev/hda1", "/boot", "ext3", MS_POSIXACL|MS_ACTIVE|MS_NOUSER|0xec0000, 0) = -1 EBUSY (Device or resource busy) rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, ~[TRAP SEGV RTMIN RT_1], NULL, 8) = 0 open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2528, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7df9000 read(3, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2528 read(3, "", 4096) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0xb7df9000, 4096) = 0 open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/util-linux.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/util-linux.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/util-linux.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/util-linux.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/util-linux.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/util-linux.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) write(2, "mount: /dev/hda1 already mounted"..., 47mount: /dev/hda1 already mounted or /boot busy ) = 47 umask(077) = 022 open("/etc/mtab", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 umask(022) = 077 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=508, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7df9000 read(3, "/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 "..., 4096) = 508 read(3, "", 4096) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0xb7df9000, 4096) = 0 exit_group(32) = ? Process 2720 detached [root@main ~]# df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 4128448 941200 2977536 25% / none 322884 0 322884 0% /dev/shm /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-Home 10321208 55880 9741040 1% /home /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-Backup 10321208 9788936 7984 100% /home/backup /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-Pictures 10321208 4819044 4977876 50% /home/mypictures /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-Music 10321208 5589592 4207328 58% /home/music [root@main ~]# mount /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) none on /sys type sysfs (rw) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-Home on /home type ext3 (rw) /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-Backup on /home/backup type ext3 (rw) /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-Pictures on /home/mypictures type ext3 (rw) /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-Music on /home/music type ext3 (rw) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)