Re: [tlug] Trouble with external USB hard disk

["Nguyen Vu Hung" <vuhung16plus@example.com>]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:22 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:
> Nguyen Vu Hung writes:
>  > > root@example.com:~# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /etc
>  > > can't link lock file /etc/mtab~: Operation not permitted (use -n flag to
>  > > override)
>  > > root@example.com:~# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /etc -n
>  > > mount: /dev/sdb1 already mounted or /etc busy
>  > Bug! /dev/sdb1 is not listed in the output of "mount".
>
> No bug.  The first mount succeeded, then hid /etc so that mount
> couldn't manipulate /etc/mtab*.  That doesn't prevent the mount from
> succeeding, it's just that /etc/mtab is not useful.  Then the second
> mount found that /dev/sdb1 was already mounted, which is a hard
> failure.
Take a look at the file /etc/fstab in OP's first email in the thread.
It is completely corrupted! That's why I suggest him to contact KUbuntu.


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