Martin McCormick (mar...@x.it.okstate.edu on 2011-08-16 06:30 -0500): > > Is there a way to convince fdisk that hdb1 is not > mounted? There might be. Try umount -f
The information about current mounts is recorded in /etc/mtab (basically an old relic, but sadly still not put down). The real (kernel) information about mounts is in /proc/mounts. When copying root filesystems or working on a read-only / the mtab file can easily contain stale information. If you really know what you're doing, simply remove the file (protip: after cloning /, always remove /etc/mtab from the clone), or copy /proc/mounts over it. Regards, Arno -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110817213840.78cc2...@neminis.loos.site
