On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 11:29 +1300, John Blance wrote: > Strange, my version of mount allows me to mount the same partition > multiple times - hence the 'already mounted' error seems odd. > > Have you tried: > - create new mount point
Tried in more than one place, no luck. > - mount /dev/hdb1 to new mount point READ ONLY [perhaps using -v for > more info and maybe even -i to test if mount helper is duff] > - if above actually works, remount rw i.e. with mount -o remount rw > <mountpoint> Nope. > Is there a difference in the mount version [or mount helpers] between > the two systems? > Try replacing the mount and mount helpers with fresh ones? I've tried apt-get install --reinstall mount, is that sufficient or is there something more I should try? The package versions: debian mount_2.12r-6_i386.deb ubuntu mount_2.12p-6ubuntu5_i386.deb Is it worth pointing out that the ubuntu partition mounts without difficulty into debian? (NB both are ext3). --Slosh
