Re: mount/umount hangs after I messed with /etc/mtab
> I am unable to mount/umount anything after messing
> with my /etc/mtab last night (I had removed a floppy
You shouldn't touch /etc/mtab. It's somewhat of a "live" file. It's
a real-time representation of what's currently mounted.
The file you would normally edit is /etc/fstab.
> Any idea how to reset this? Renaming /etc/mtab doesn't
> seem to help! Neither does rebooting! (Of course, the box
> won't shutdown cleanly since it can't umount anything,
> although for some reason it does mount stuff on
> boot-up.)
I'm real surprised that rebooting doesn't fix it... Maybe try
"mount -a". That will attempt to mount or re-mount devices spec'd in
/etc/fstab and in the process, re-write your /etc/mtab file.
Hall
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