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Re: funky mounts ( was RE: root filesystem suddenly FULL!!! )
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\))
Wed Oct 28 09:44:06 1998
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 14:45:00 +0000
From: "Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)" <argathin@iname.com>
To: "Thomas Ribbrock Design/DEG\"" <redhat-list@redhat.com>
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In-Reply-To: <199810281436.JAA08395@fw.landmark.com>; from Charles Galpin on Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 09:43:05AM -0500
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Charles Galpin writes:
>
> yes, in /etc/mtab, these.
>
> /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom2 iso9660 ro 0 0
> /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom2 iso9660 ro 0 0
> /dev/fd0 /tmp/mkbootdisk ext2 rw 0 0
> /dev/loop0 /tmp/initrd.mnt-20008 ext2 rw 0 0
>
> but, there is no evidence of them in /proc/mounts
[...]
> how can I force these to be "unmounted" - at least in the eyes of df and
> mount?
No idea, to be honest. Never had that problem - the mtab thingy was a wild
guess... :-} I wonder if it might be possible to simply delete those
entries, as the actual files/media don't seem to be mounted anyway. Mind
you: I've never tried that, so I have no idea what could go wrong...
Thomas
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