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Re: mkfs problem (half resolved)

From	Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: mkfs problem (half resolved)
Date	2019-03-11 00:00 +0100
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On Sun, 10 Mar 2019, Pascal Hambourg wrote:

> Le 10/03/2019 à 21:58, Pierre Frenkiel a écrit :
>> On Sun, 10 Mar 2019, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>> 
>>> Le 10/03/2019 à 19:50, Pierre Frenkiel a écrit :
>>>> On Sun, 10 Mar 2019, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> In current versions of Debian, /etc/mtab should be a symlink to 
>>>>> /proc/mounts.
>>>> 
>>>>    on my laptop, mtab is actually a link to ../proc/self/mounts
>>> 
>>> /proc/mounts is actually a symlink to /proc/self/mounts.
>>> 
>>>>    but on my desktop, it is a file, God knows why.
>>> 
>>> Was your desktop initially installed with a rather older Debian version and 
>>> upgraded ?
>>>
>>    it has been installed with Lenny, which is now an old version, but was
>>    at that time the current one...
>>    and then upgrade to Squeeze, Wheezy, Jessie and Stretch
>
> I do not remember which version installed /etc/mtab as a symlink, but during 
> the upgrade from the previous version it was offered to replace the regular 
> file with a symlink. Maybe you answered "no" and /etc/mtab remained a regular 
> file. Well, you can still replace it by hand now.

   I don't remember such a question, but that's actually what I did.

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mkfs problem Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 17:10 +0100
  Re: mkfs problem Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-03-10 17:40 +0100
    Re: mkfs problem Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 19:50 +0100
  Re: mkfs problem Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-03-10 18:30 +0100
    Re: mkfs problem Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 19:50 +0100
  Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 18:40 +0100
    Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-03-10 19:10 +0100
      Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 20:00 +0100
        Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-03-10 20:40 +0100
          Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 22:00 +0100
            Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-03-10 23:50 +0100
              Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-11 00:00 +0100

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