On May 20, 2012, at 13:29 , David du Colombier wrote: > echo fsys main create /tmp sys sys d775 >>/srv/fscons turn that "/tmp" into "/active/tmp" i think, no? also, for the original question: as a quick hack to get around this, i believe you could run mntgen on / so that /tmp magically shows up when you bind to it. the "mounted directory forbids creation" sounds suspect, though. trying to bind onto a non-existent target should yield a simple "file does not exist". and, of course, that doesn't address why it went away. anthony