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SubjectRe: 2.4.2: What happened ? (No such file or directory)
" Frédéric L. W. Meunier" wrote:

> Correction. I can umount the partitions, but I get the
> following message:
>
> "can't link lock file /etc/mtab~: No such file or
> directory (use -n flag to override)"
>
> And /etc/mtab isn't updated.

Is your root filesystem mounted read-only at any point?
(check with 'mount' look for ro in line for / filesystem)
Check permissions on /etc, /etc/mtab, /etc/mtab~


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