Weird mount on /etc/issue...

4k3or3et · January 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM

Hi All

when i do 'df' command i see second partition where /storage is mounted as /etc/issue. I cant find anything on the Internet what would be the purpose of that. Would somebody be so kind and explain what am I seeing here?

**chewitt** · January 16, 2025 at 6:13 AM

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RPi5:~ # df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs               4085920        16   4085904   0% /dev
tmpfs                  1648976     17904   1631072   1% /run
/dev/nvme0n1p1          524008    154160    369848  29% /flash
/dev/loop0              139264    139264         0 100% /
/dev/nvme0n1p2       228336223   3052383 225279744   1% /storage
tmpfs                  4122400         0   4122400   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs                  4122400        16   4122384   0% /var
tmpfs                     1024         0      1024   0% /run/credentials/systemd-journald.service
tmpfs                  4122416         0   4122416   0% /tmp

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It's not like that here (on this RPi, or any other device I'm using). Post evidence to support and explain what you're seeing.

4k3or3et · January 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM

Thanks for your reply. Looks like we both have NVME attached to our RPi5s. Mine df -h looks like this:

Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs 1.7G 16.0K 1.7G 0% /dev
tmpfs 809.1M 18.7M 790.4M 2% /run
/dev/nvme0n1p1 511.7M 147.0M 364.7M 29% /flash
/dev/loop0 132.0M 132.0M
0 100% /
/dev/nvme0n1p2 915.3G 218.2G 697.1G 24% /storage
tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 2.0G 8.9M 2.0G 0% /var
tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /tmp
/dev/nvme0n1p2 915.3G 218.2G 697.1G 24% /etc/issue

**chewitt** · January 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM

What happens if you run umount /etc/issue ??

4k3or3et · January 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM

It unmounts, but after reboot it comes back.

**chewitt** · January 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM

LE doesn't use /etc/fstab although it exists because some tools check for its existence.

Are there any stray .mount files in /storage/.config/system.d ?

4k3or3et · January 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM

I have figured it out. In .config/autostart.sh I have a line:

mount -o bind /storage/.config/motd /etc/motd

to supress welcome message when connecting via ssh. That is causing the /dev/nvme0n1p2 915.3G 218.2G 697.1G 24% /etc/issue mess.

Sorry for bothering you.