Re: mkfs problem (half resolved)

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

On Sun, 10 Mar 2019, Pascal Hambourg wrote:

> Le 10/03/2019 à 19:50, Pierre Frenkiel a écrit :
> > On Sun, 10 Mar 2019, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> > > What kind of system are you using ?
> >
> >    Debian Stretch
> > > In current versions of Debian, /etc/mtab should be a symlink to 
> > > /proc/mounts.
> >
> >    on my laptop, mtab is actually a link to ../proc/self/mounts
>
> /proc/mounts is actually a symlink to /proc/self/mounts.
>
> >    but on my desktop, it is a file, God knows why.
>
> Was your desktop initially installed with a rather older Debian version and 
> upgraded ?
  it has been installed with Lenny, which is now an old version, but was
  at that time the current one...
  and then upgrade to Squeeze, Wheezy, Jessie and Stretch