Why would one edit mtab ?
mtab reflects the current status of mounted device ... nobody
should edit it... fstab is the one you want to edit, not mtab.
On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 05:12:43AM -0800, Roger wrote:
> probabely the best thing a user of mdk70 can do is to immediately after
> installing, make a copy of the mtab (and maybe fstab) and rename them as
> "/etc/mtab-working" and "/etc/fstab-working" or use "-orig". it's the only
> thing saving my butt from "trashing" my o/s. do know mdk uses the "~" to
> backup, but doesn't help if one makes more than 1 save.
>
> wew! after an hour i finally got back into my mdk70 and exhausted too!
> yes, the zipslack works nicely as an option to the ls120 drive and is much
> quicker if booted from harddrive.
>
> seems like one really shouldn't use linuxconf when editing the mtab file?
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