I believe the main reason is for snapshotting purposes, backup, RO file
usage, etc.
On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 17:38, pac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 10:18:57AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
> > >> That is normal with any recent 2.4 kernel, it applies to all
> > >> filesystems, not just XFS. You can even mount different file
> system
> > > Doesn't this seem BAD for an OS to allow?
> > The Linux VFS gurus have said they want this. If you disagree, please
> > take it up on the vfs or kernel mailing lists, it is out of our
> > control.
>
> Is there any legitimate reason you would want to do this? I dont
> want to scream at them if there is a good reason for it. What is the
> opinion of the FS developers here?
>
> -Phil Carinhas
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