This is what I have in my /etc/init.d/boot, version @(#)boot 2.10 26-Apr-1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[cut] # # Remount rootfs rw (default), but do not try to change mtab because it # is on a ro fs until the remount succeeded. Then clean up old mtabs and # finally write the new mtab. # mount -n -o remount,rw / rm -f /etc/mtab~ /etc/nologin : > /etc/mtab mount -o remount,rw / mount /proc [cut] So according to this, /etc/init.d/boot should take care of removing /etc/mtab~ during the boot. The /etc/init.d/boot file I have comes with sysvinit version 2.71-2 that was installed with Debian 1.3. // Heikki Sylvain Briole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I use Debian 1.2/Linux 2.0.29. > I have three partitions on my hard disk : > > /dev/hda1 : linux > /dev/hda2 : linux swap > /dev/hda3 : ms-dos 6.22 > > And I have a problem with the mount command : > > nathalie# mount /hda3/ > can't lock lock file /etc/mtab~: timed out > > So, I delete /etc/mtab~ and it runs. > But, I have to delete this mtab~ at each boot. > I have three computer running Debian, and it is the only one with this > problem. > > Any idea? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .