You do not need to modify the /etc/mtab file. This file is not a part of a system configuration. The file /etc/mtab is just a list of a currently mounted filesystems, which is maintained by a 'mount' command. Therefore, it will be modified automatically when you reboot without mounting sda. Alexey Fadyushin Brainbench MVP for Linux. http://www.brainbench.com Mark Neidorff wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have 2 disk drives on my system (RH 7.3)--sda and sdb. Red Hat boots > from sdb. I used sda for an old version of Red Hat and I want to > phyiscally remove sda from the system (due to noise). Before I physically > remove it, I know that I have to change references to in in: > > /etc/mtab > /etc/grub.conf > /etc/fstab > > are there any other places that I have missed? > > Thanks for the sanity check, > > Mark > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list