Weird mount problem

[Sean Miller]

Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran wrote:

>>One thing you haven't told us is the mount command you are trying to use...
>>
>>If it's mount /dev/hda2 /mnt it is not going to work, because /mnt is
>>not a mountpoint; it is a directory too high.
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>
>  Well, I don't understand what you mean by this! I am able to mount partitions
>like that. What is exactly meant by "directory too high"?
>  
>
What I meant is that /mnt is generally the directory in which you store 
your mountpoints, not the mountpoint itself..

ie.

mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/volume2

...rather than...

mount /dev/hda2 /mnt

As I said, though, if you post what command you are typing in order to 
get the "in use" error then it may become clearer wherein lies your problem,

Sean