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 > last night (I had removed a floppy without umounting it, and was > getting "Device busy" when I tried to remount/umount it, so I nuked > the floppy line in mtab, without backing it up, yay). Now when I try > to mount or umount something, the command just hangs. Any idea how to > reset this? Renaming /etc/mtab doesn't seem to help! Neither does > rebooting! (Of course, the box won't shutdown cleanly since it can't > umount anything, although for some reason it does mount stuff on > boot-up.) > -chris
