Re: /dev2/root still mounted after boot

From: Thomas Adam (thomas_adam16_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/02/04

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    --- Bill Greganti <bill@greganti.com> wrote:

    [..snip..]

    > # cat /etc/fstab:
    >
    > /dev/hda3 / ext3 errors=remount-ro,usrquota,grpquota 0 1
    > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
    > /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
    > /dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2
    >
    > The problem...
    >
    > The contents of /etc/mtab and the output from mount return different
    > results

    Yes, I would expect them to.

    > Any help would be appreciated, even if it's just pointing out which
    > machine
    > is actually broken. If there's any other config files or logs I should
    > post, I'd be happy to.

    Easiest thing (if you can) is to umount the drive causing you both, issue:

    mount -n /dev/foo /somewhere

    remove the annoyances (corrections) in /etc/mtab, and remount the device
    wirh the correct perms.

    -- Thomas Adam

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