From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Willy Tarreau Subject: Re: mount: / mounted already or bad option Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:50:52 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20031010125052.GB7202@alpha.home.local> References: <3F86C17A.8060209@4-sms.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F86C17A.8060209@4-sms.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: SMS WebMaster Cc: "list, linux-kernel" , linux-config@vger.kernel.org, linux-userfs@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 05:26:02PM +0300, SMS WebMaster wrote: > Hi > I have Gentoo linux in my PC > I just installed the kernel 2.4.22 and compile it and install it (using > genkernel command) > Right now if I reboot my PC with my new kernel I got : > mount: / mounted already or bad option > and the system stop and ask me to type the root password > and when I login with the root and type > mount -o remount,rw / > > I got the same message > mount: / mounted already or bad option > > but if I write > mount -o remount,rw /dev/hda4 / > then the root filesystem if remounted as read/write wouldn't your /etc/mtab be a link to /proc/self/mounts with /proc not mounted ? Willy