From: Ajay Shah (ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu)
Date: 05/27/92 

From: ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah)
Subject: Success story on Linux troubleshooting (or how to get questions answered)
Date: 27 May 1992 00:05:09 -0700

Today I encountered the dreadful error "unable to open lock-file"
when trying to mount a partition.

Here is how I solved it:

(At a USC Sun server:)

$ cd /usr/spool/news/comp/os/linux
$ less `egrep 'lock-file' * | awk -F\: '{print $1}'

Sure enough -- there were three articles on it: one asking a question and
two telling the answer (rm -f /etc/mtab~ first).

It's a irritating and avoidable bug, but it was sure easy getting the
answer!

Thanks guys,

        -ans.

ps: where does one get 'df'? 

-- 

Ajay Shah, (213)749-8133, ajayshah@usc.edu