initrd: Ensures /etc/mtab exists
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ in
mkdir -p /etc/udev /tmp /run /lib /mnt /var/log
+ # Some tools, notably extfs tools, will bark angrily
+ # when they cannot determine if the device is mounted.
+ ln -s /proc/mounts /etc/mtab
+
mkdir -p /dev/pts
mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts
