Re: mkfs problem (half resolved)

[Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 10 Mar 2019, Pierre Frenkiel wrote:

> hi,
> I'm trying to format a new USB flash drive and I get this:
>
> ==> mount | grep sdh
>
> ==> mkfs.vfat /dev/sdh1
>    mkfs.fat 4.1 (2017-01-24)
>    mkfs.vfat: /dev/sdh1 contains a mounted filesystem.
>
> ==> mkfs /dev/sdh1
>    works
I said half-resolved, as I found a line with /dev/sdh1 in /etc/mtab.
Removing it solved the problem, but remains the question:
  why /etc/mtab was not updated?

best regards,
--
Pierre Frenkiel