XPost: alt.os.linux.mint, alt.os.linux.mageia   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On 6/13/2024 5:05 PM, pinnerite wrote:   
   > This is on mint 21.3   
   > I have run the same mount statement in a Script for years.   
   > It mounts a samba share. I ran it for periodic backups.   
   > Recently the backup machine stopped working. It is getting on a bit.   
   > I substituted another equally old but working machine and edited the   
   > script to substitute its URL.   
   >   
   > mount -v -t cifs -o   
   > rw,noperm,user=,password=,domain=ASANDCO,vers=1.0,uid=alan   
   //192.168.1.4/data/    /spare/albury/Data/   
   >   
   > It returns mount error(22): Invalid argument   
   >   
   > I have been scratching my head over this for several days.   
   >   
   > I haven't found anything on the WWW that has helped.   
   >   
   > TIA   
   >   
      
   Is /spare/albury/Data mounted ?   
      
   Presumably it is a separate drive, having its own file system,   
   and needing to be healthy, before the NEXT mount command can work.   
      
   If the mount point was NOT working, then /spare/albury/Data/ should be empty.   
      
   If /spare/albury/Data/ has not been mounting for days on end, you've   
   been shoving backups into the mount point and not the external drive.   
      
   This can make it difficult to determine /spare/albury/Data/ is mounted.   
      
   At a time like this, we   
      
      cat /etc/mtab   
      
   or check with "diskfree" to see any signs of encouragement.   
      
      df   
      
   But mainly, I want to see /etc/mtab , just the relevant bits.   
      
   It is not a question of "a mount command", but "which mount is failing".   
      
      Paul   
      
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