Re: mount/umount hangs after I messed with /etc/mtab

2001-05-22 Thread Chris Majewski
Fixed in kernel 2.4.3 (broken in 2.4.2). -chris Chris Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Turns out the loop device is broken in kernel 2.4.*, and when I tried > to mount it, the mount hung, causing a lock that prevented other > mounts/umounts from happening. > -chris

Re: mount/umount hangs after I messed with /etc/mtab

2001-05-18 Thread Chris Majewski
Turns out the loop device is broken in kernel 2.4.*, and when I tried to mount it, the mount hung, causing a lock that prevented other mounts/umounts from happening. -chris Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am unable to mount/umount anything after messing with my /etc/mtab

Re: mount/umount hangs after I messed with /etc/mtab

2001-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, May 16, 2001 at 09:17:10AM -0700, Krzys Majewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I am unable to mount/umount anything after messing with my /etc/mtab > last night $ cat /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab ...and don't do that again. -- Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What

Re: mount/umount hangs after I messed with /etc/mtab

2001-05-16 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I am unable to mount/umount anything after messing > with my /etc/mtab last night (I had removed a floppy You shouldn't touch /etc/mtab. It's somewhat of a "live" file. It's a real-time representation of what's currently mounted. The file you would normally edit is /etc/fstab. > Any idea h