Mounting multiple partitions under one

[Seth Mos <knuffie@xxxxxxxxx>]

Why is it possible to mount two partitions under the same dir? (/test)

[root@stimpy /]# mkdir test
[root@stimpy /]# mkdir crash
[root@stimpy /]# mount -t xfs /dev/hda7 test
[root@stimpy /]# mount -t xfs /dev/hda8 test
[root@stimpy /]# mount
/dev/hda5 on / type ext2 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda6 on /tmp type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda9 on /var type xfs (rw)
/dev/hda10 on /usr type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda11 on /data type xfs (rw)
/dev/hda12 on /home type xfs (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/hda7 on /test type xfs (rw)
/dev/hda8 on /test type xfs (rw)
[root@stimpy /]#


[root@stimpy /]# uname -a
Linux stimpy.multiweb.nl 2.4.0-test5 #11 Wed Sep 27 18:29:24 CEST 2000 i686 
unknown
[root@stimpy /]# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda5             486M   78M  383M  17% /
/dev/hda1              30M   19M   10M  65% /boot
/dev/hda6             486M   57k  461M   0% /tmp
/dev/hda9             999M  176M  823M  18% /var
/dev/hda10            2.9G  1.6G  1.1G  59% /usr
/dev/hda11             29G   10G   19G  35% /data
/dev/hda12             19G  6.6G   12G  35% /home
/dev/hda7             1.9G  144k  1.9G   0% /test
/dev/hda8             1.9G  144k  1.9G   0% /test
[root@stimpy /]#

This a shiny new 60GB IBM deskstar IDE drive :P
I just had to have one.

Bye
--
Seth
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"Well, yes, but that's beyond the scope of this email."