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#1 2012-01-13 02:40:05
- JackH79
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[mtab] How to edit /proc/self/mounts
Installed Arch on a friend's computer a while back. Seems like he's messed up the recent filesystem update.
During bootup he's getting errors for mounting the local filesystem. Looking at /proc/self/mounts reveals that he's got an entry from one of his external drives in there, which he hasn't connected all the time.
Does anyone know how I can get rid of that wrong entry?
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#2 2012-01-13 02:52:28
- karol
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Re: [mtab] How to edit /proc/self/mounts
Have you tried editing /etc/mtab?
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#3 2012-01-13 03:11:06
- JackH79
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Re: [mtab] How to edit /proc/self/mounts
Thanks karol, but how is that different to editing /proc/self/mounts? It's a symlink. It doesn't work.
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#4 2012-01-13 03:17:38
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Re: [mtab] How to edit /proc/self/mounts
Perhaps he has an entry in /etc/fstab
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#5 2012-01-13 03:45:49
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Re: [mtab] How to edit /proc/self/mounts
/proc/self/mounts is generated by the kernel and is not writable
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#6 2012-01-13 03:50:28
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Re: [mtab] How to edit /proc/self/mounts
/proc/self/mounts is generated by the kernel and is not writable
Yeah, I focused on the symlink part and "forgot" that mtab will be read-only because /proc/self/mounts is.
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#8 2012-01-13 05:24:14
- JackH79
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Re: [mtab] How to edit /proc/self/mounts
Thanks for the replies, but no good.
/etc/fstab is clean and there are no automount rules in /etc/udev/rules.d.
I would be interested in other suggestions of what I could do to resolve this issue, if anyone can come up with anything. However, his machine is working, so it's not a major issue. He can work with it. I might go for a re-install when I have the time. Thanks.
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