Hello joost, > > > nathalie# mount /hda3/ > > > can't lock lock file /etc/mtab~: timed out > Apparently your mount eigher doesn't exit properly (maybe it's trying > to mount nfs volumes in the background?), or it's killed for > some other reason. > What does: > $ ps -ax|grep [m]ount > output on your system (is mount still running)?
nathalie# ps -aux|grep [m]ount root 892 0.0 1.9 836 376 ? S 13:37 0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.mount > And during boot, when the "mount -avt" comes, what does mount say? > (or maybe there are other mount calls, like the nfs mount one.). msdos: fs not supported by the kernel But : I have msdos-fs in the kernel : it is a module! Thanx for the help, Sylvain. Sylvain Briole | SysOp d'Eclice B.B.S. EMail InterNet : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +33-3-20137288 NetMail FidoNet : 2:322/20 | Lille - Nord - France NetMail FrancoMedia : 101:176/114 | Eclice sur I.R.C. | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

