Why umount -A is a really bad idea

[Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID)]

At Wednesday, August 25, 2004 5:07 PM, Mike wrote:
> 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

Maybe because there is no 'mount -a' option?

However, IIRC, rerunning setup may recreate the default mount points.

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