Why umount -A is a really bad idea

[Mike]

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Colin JN Breame wrote:

> I tried this once, just to see what would happen.  I then spent the next 
> hour restoring the mount points.  I've learnt a valuable lesson...

Why would a 'mount -a' not work after your 'umount -a' to restore the mounts?

Mike

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