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Re: mount weirdness

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Richard Hector wrote on 8/6/19 12:42 PM:
> On 7/08/19 5:31 AM, Dennis Wicks wrote:
>> rhkramer@gmail.com wrote on 8/6/19 10:34 AM:
>>> I didn't fully understand your fstab, but is there a typo -- wa11 vs.
>>> wa1?
>> No. My current config is;
>>
>>     /wa1 -> wa11 ( soft link )
>>     /wa11        ( <- /dev/sdb2 )
>>
>> with sdb2 mounted on /wa11 so I don't have to find and change all the
>> paths that I have starting with "/wa1/..."!
> 
> So you're trying to mount on a symlink, instead of a directory? I don't
> think that's going to work. Why not mount on /wa11, as you describe?
> 
> Or does /wa11 only exist because you can't mount on /wa1, and you were
    Exactly!!
> trying to mount on /wa1 when /wa1 was a directory? In which case - it
> would help to provide the requested files in the state where the problem
> exists :-)
    fstab says wa1 but I would have to reboot to get the
    exact config back, and that takes over an hour!
> 
> (also, one vs ell is confusing ... I assume you've got the right el^Wone :-)
    Oh yeah! One of the many things I verified! Been using
    /wa1 for years as is. Keep copying the fstab so it is
    tried and true; until the last aptitude upgrade.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Richard
> 
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, August 06, 2019 11:09:32 AM Dennis Wicks wrote:
>>>> Requested info attached:
>>>>
>>>> I *cannot* mount *any* partition on /wa1
>>>> but I *can* mount *any* partition on any other mount point.
>>>>
>>>> Regards, and Thanks!
>>>> Dennis
>>>>
>>>> Andrei POPESCU wrote on 8/6/19 1:06 AM:
>>>>> On Lu, 05 aug 19, 15:33:57, Dennis Wicks wrote:
>>>>>> It seems that something in the mount process does not like "wa1" for a
>>>>>> mount point. Anybody have similar recent problems?
>>>>>
>>>>> Please show your fstab and the output of 'lsblk -f'.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>> Andrei
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
> 
> 

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mount weirdness Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2019-08-05 22:40 +0200
  Re: mount weirdness Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-08-06 08:10 +0200
    Re: mount weirdness Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2019-08-06 17:10 +0200
      Re: mount weirdness rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-08-06 17:40 +0200
        Re: mount weirdness Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2019-08-06 19:40 +0200
          Re: mount weirdness Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2019-08-06 19:50 +0200
            Re: mount weirdness Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2019-08-06 20:00 +0200
              Re: mount weirdness Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2019-08-06 20:20 +0200
      Re: mount weirdness Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-08-06 17:40 +0200
        Re: mount weirdness Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2019-08-06 19:30 +0200
  Re: mount weirdness "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-08-06 17:40 +0200
    Re: mount weirdness Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2019-08-06 19:20 +0200
      Re: mount weirdness David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-08-06 20:50 +0200
        Re: mount weirdness Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2019-08-07 19:50 +0200
          Re: mount weirdness Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-08-07 20:00 +0200
          Re: mount weirdness David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-08-07 22:50 +0200
      Re: mount weirdness "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-08-06 21:00 +0200
        Re: mount weirdness Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2019-08-07 20:00 +0200
          Re: mount weirdness "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-08-07 23:30 +0200
  Re: mount weirdness Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-08-08 10:20 +0200
    Re: mount weirdness Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-08-08 10:50 +0200
      Re: mount weirdness Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2019-08-09 21:20 +0200
    Re: mount weirdness "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-08-08 12:00 +0200
      Re: mount weirdness Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-08-08 14:40 +0200
      Re: mount weirdness Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-08-08 14:40 +0200
        Re: mount weirdness Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-08-08 15:00 +0200
    Re: mount weirdness David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-08-08 16:10 +0200
      Re: mount weirdness Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-08-08 17:00 +0200
        Re: mount weirdness David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-08-08 19:10 +0200
          Re: mount weirdness Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-08-08 19:20 +0200
          Re: mount weirdness Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-08-08 20:20 +0200
            Re: mount weirdness David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-08-09 18:30 +0200
              Re: mount weirdness Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-08-09 19:00 +0200
                Re: mount weirdness "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-08-09 20:00 +0200
      Re: mount weirdness Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2019-08-09 22:00 +0200
    Re: mount weirdness Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2019-08-09 21:20 +0200

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