A Curious Problem (seemingly resolved, thankfully, but still.....)

[Nathan Bahn]

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Mark <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Nathan Bahn <nathan.bahn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > M.S.--
> > I realize that this must be a silly question, but where is the mount
> point
> > directory?
> >
> Well, yes, it is, but it's a subtle point that escapes people at times.
>
> A mount point is just a directory.  What M.S. was saying is that
> perhaps you wrote to the (mount point) directory without mounting the
> partition.  In that case, the mount point will be treated as a normal
> directory that can have files stored in it, like all directories can.
>
> However, when you mount a device to a mount point (directory),
> whatever was in that directory is hidden under whatever you mounted on
> top of it.
>
> E.g.:
>
> ~$ ls /boot
> config-2.6.9-89.EL
> config-2.6.9-89.ELlargesmp
> grub/
> initrd-2.6.9-89.EL.img
> initrd-2.6.9-89.ELlargesmp.img
> lost+found/
> memtest86+-1.26
> message
> message.ja
> symvers-2.6.9-89.EL.gz
> symvers-2.6.9-89.ELlargesmp.gz
> System.map-2.6.9-89.EL
> System.map-2.6.9-89.ELlargesmp
> vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.EL
> vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.ELlargesmp
> ~$ mount /dev/sdb5 /boot
> ~$ ls /boot
> anaconda-ks.cfg
> AvamarClient-linux-rhel4-x86_64-5.0.100-409.rpm
> commands_for_setup.txt
> Desktop
> install.log
> install.log.syslog
> ixgbe-2.0.75.7.tar.gz
> ixgbe-2.0.84.9
> ixgbe-2.0.84.9.tar.gz
> ixgbevf-1.0.8
> ixgbevf-1.0.8.tar.gz
> om
> OM_6.0.1_ManNode_A00.tar.gz
> oracle
> randsnapup
> resync_with_dd
> salil
>
> See the difference?

[...]


This is what I have thus far:
nat0 at nat0-E-6100:~$ ls /boot
abi-2.6.35-22-generic         memtest86+_multiboot.bin
config-2.6.35-22-generic      System.map-2.6.35-22-generic
grub                          vmcoreinfo-2.6.35-22-generic
initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic  vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic
memtest86+.bin
nat0 at nat0-E-6100:~$ cd /dev
nat0 at nat0-E-6100:/dev$ ls
agpgart          loop5               ram9        sr1     tty35  tty9
autofs            loop6               random    stderr  tty36  ttyS0
block             loop7               rfkill         stdin   tty37  ttyS1
bsg                lp0                  root          stdout  tty38  ttyS2
btrfs-control    mapper              rtc       tty     tty39  ttyS3
bus              mcelog              rtc0      tty0    tty4   uinput
cdrom            mem                 scd0      tty1    tty40  urandom
cdrom1           net                 scd1      tty10   tty41  usbmon0
cdrw1            network_latency     sda       tty11   tty42  usbmon1
char             network_throughput  sda1      tty12   tty43  usbmon2
console          null                sda2      tty13   tty44  usbmon3
core             oldmem              sda5      tty14   tty45  usbmon4
cpu              parport0            sda6      tty15   tty46  usbmon5
cpu_dma_latency  pktcdvd             sda7      tty16   tty47  vcs
disk             port                sda8      tty17   tty48  vcs1
dri              ppp                 sda9      tty18   tty49  vcs2
dvd1             psaux               sdb       tty19   tty5   vcs3
dvdrw1           ptmx                sdc       tty2    tty50  vcs4
ecryptfs         pts                 sdd       tty20   tty51  vcs5
fb0              ram0                sde       tty21   tty52  vcs6
fd               ram1                sdf       tty22   tty53  vcs7
full             ram10               sdf1      tty23   tty54  vcsa
fuse             ram11               sg0       tty24   tty55  vcsa1
fw0              ram12               sg1       tty25   tty56  vcsa2
hpet             ram13               sg2       tty26   tty57  vcsa3
hwrng            ram14               sg3       tty27   tty58  vcsa4
input            ram15               sg4       tty28   tty59  vcsa5
kmsg             ram2                sg5       tty29   tty6   vcsa6
log              ram3                sg6       tty3    tty60  vcsa7
loop0            ram4                sg7       tty30   tty61  vga_arbiter
loop1            ram5                shm       tty31   tty62  zero
loop2            ram6                snapshot  tty32   tty63
loop3            ram7                snd       tty33   tty7
loop4            ram8                sr0       tty34   tty8

What should I fill in the blank with?  "~$ mount /dev/____ /boot"

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