Re: mount weirdness

[Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com>]

Curt wrote on 8/8/19 3:19 AM:
> On 2019-08-05, Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> wrote:
> > So anyway, I typed in "sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /wa1" and it
> > seemed to finish successfully, but "ls /wa1" indicated that
> > in fact it had not. Nothing mounted on wa1! Many other tests
> > told me the same thing. "umount /wa1" said "not mounted"!
>
> Would this be the result if /dev/sdb2 were already mounted (i.e. nothing?).
System does not care if device is already mounted somewhere 
else.


> Many other tests. What about 'mount' from an xterm to see what's mounted
> and what ain't and where?
>
> Did you show your /etc/fstab file (cut and paste)? If so, I must've missed
> it.
Yep. Sometime back.
> BTW, what's with the exclamation points? Makes you seem enthusiastic.
Nope. Surprised!
> ;-)