Duplicate entry exists in /etc/fstab
Issue
-
Duplicate entry exists in
/etc/fstab. -
Encountering an error during the booting process.
systemd-fstab-generator[54905]: Failed to create mount unit file /run/systemd/generator/some_mountpoint.mount, as it already exists. Duplicate entry in /etc/fstab?
systemd[54910]: /usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-fstab-generator failed with exit status 1.
- When executing the command
mount -avor when attempting to mount the file systems manually, we encounter following error:
mount: /dev/mapper/vg-lv is already mounted or /test busy
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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