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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/file-systems.scm9
-rw-r--r--gnu/build/linux-boot.scm5
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/file-systems.scm b/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
index 84f58538fd..38e4851515 100644
--- a/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
@@ -287,13 +287,6 @@ run a file system check."
(mount source mount-point type (mount-flags->bit-mask flags)
(if options
(string->pointer options)
- %null-pointer))
-
- ;; Update /etc/mtab.
- (mkdir-p (string-append root "/etc"))
- (let ((port (open-file (string-append root "/etc/mtab") "a")))
- (format port "~a ~a ~a ~a 0 0~%"
- source mount-point type (or options "rw"))
- (close-port port))))))
+ %null-pointer))))))
;;; file-systems.scm ends here
diff --git a/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm b/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
index b2ed1a8b54..3096989468 100644
--- a/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
@@ -275,7 +275,10 @@ UNIONFS."
(check-file-system root type)
(mount root "/root" type)))
- (copy-file "/proc/mounts" "/root/etc/mtab"))
+ ;; Make sure /root/etc/mtab is a symlink to /proc/self/mounts.
+ (when (file-exists? "/root/etc/mtab")
+ (delete-file "/root/etc/mtab"))
+ (symlink "/proc/self/mounts" "/root/etc/mtab"))
(define (switch-root root)
"Switch to ROOT as the root file system, in a way similar to what