<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-remount-fs.service</refname>
<refname>systemd-remount-fs</refname>
- <refpurpose>Remount Root and Kernel File Systems</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Remount root and kernel file systems</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
is an early-boot service that applies mount options
listed in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- to the root file system and the kernel API virtual
- file systems. This is required so that the mount
- options of these file systems -- which are pre-mounted
- by the kernel, the initial RAM disk or system manager
- code -- are updated to those listed in
+ to the root file system, the <filename>/usr</filename>
+ file system and the kernel API file systems. This is
+ required so that the mount options of these file
+ systems -- which are pre-mounted by the kernel, the
+ initial RAM disk, container environments or system
+ manager code -- are updated to those listed in
<filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. This service ignores
normal file systems and only changes the root file
- system (i.e. <filename>/</filename>) and the virtual
- kernel API file systems such as
- <filename>/proc</filename>, <filename>/sys</filename>
- or <filename>/dev/</filename>. This service executes
- no operation if <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> does
- not exist or lists no entries for the root file system
- or the kernel API VFS.</para>
+ system (i.e. <filename>/</filename>),
+ <filename>/usr</filename> and the virtual kernel API
+ file systems such as <filename>/proc</filename>,
+ <filename>/sys</filename> or
+ <filename>/dev</filename>. This service executes no
+ operation if <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> does not
+ exist or lists no entries for the mentioned file
+ systems.</para>
+
+ <para>For a longer discussion of kernel API file
+ systems see <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/APIFileSystems">API
+ File Systems</ulink>.</para>
</refsect1>
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