One or more of the mounts listed in /etc/fstab cannot yet be mounted

**The_BB** · November 3rd, 2009

I have exactly the same problem as the previous poster. Same fstab.

**Defrector** · November 4th, 2009

I am in the same situation and am fairly confident it is caused by an incomplete upgrade, thus a lot of packages are not upgraded nor configured.

After using:

Code:

mount -o remount,rw /

I got write-access in the minimal shell, which allows to snoop around and fix things. I then did this:

Code:

apt-get -f install
dpkg --configure --pending

...this told me I had over 400 packages not yet installed (!!) and it attempted to fix things. It got somewhat far but I am stuck on an error which says "/var/lib/binfmts does not exist" and a domino effect of dpkg errors follow this resulting in an abort.

It makes some sense: if some packages are new and some are old they may not play nice together and cause a train-wreck at boot, resulting in odd errors like the one in this thread. Networking is broken too; it's going to be a long night.

**Defrector** · November 4th, 2009

An update. If you get a "too many errors" abort with dpkg or apt-get try:

Code:

dpkg --configure --pending --abort-after=99999

This got my system partially bootable. Also consider replacing "--pending" with "-a" as this would theoretically redo the entire config process in case something got nasty by chance last time.

This is going to be my last post in this thread as my additional issues are outside this scope, unless there is a reason to do otherwise.

**plunder** · November 6th, 2009

Originally Posted by The_BB

I have exactly the same problem as the previous poster. Same fstab.

im stilling looking for a solution, let me know if you find one, ill do the same

**beattyrp** · November 6th, 2009

Can anyone outline a solution to this for someone who isn't a UBUNTU wizard? Computer hangs during boot and displays the error message about /etc/fstab. I tried reinstalling, to a separate partition or to an empty second hard drive, but always get the same error message. Both those installs seemed to complete so I don't think there is any issue with an incomplete install.

**flowerdealer** · November 7th, 2009

I have the same problem here.

**plunder** · November 8th, 2009

i have moved my issue to a new thread, if you get the One or more of the mounts listed in /etc/fstab error on boot, and you still boot in normally, please view and post a reply on:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...64#post8267664