Re: mount: / mounted already or bad option

[SMS WebMaster]

Willy Tarreau wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 05:26:02PM +0300, SMS WebMaster wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > I have Gentoo linux in my PC
> > I just installed the kernel 2.4.22 and compile it and install it (using 
> > genkernel command)
> > Right now if I reboot my PC with my new kernel I got :
> > mount: / mounted already or bad option
> > and the system stop and ask me to type the root password
> > and when I login with the root and type
> > mount -o remount,rw /
> >
> > I got the same message
> > mount: / mounted already or bad option
> >
> > but if I write
> > mount -o remount,rw /dev/hda4  /
> > then the root filesystem if remounted as read/write
>
>
> wouldn't your /etc/mtab be a link to /proc/self/mounts with /proc not mounted ?


Sorry what do you mean ?

if I type mount I can see that proc is mounted (I can even see / is 
mounted as read/write but its not realy mounted as read/write)


> Willy
>
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