By skylarmt
I attached a block storage device using the new “Automatically Format and Mount” option. Now I’d like to move the mountpoint. I manually added it to /etc/fstab, and now it’s mounted at both /mnt/oldmountpoint and /var/lib/newmountpoint. How do I get rid of /mnt/oldmountpoint?
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I know this question is from 2018 but I thought I would leave instructions given to me by DO on how to solve this.
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When a volume is auto-attached, a systemd mount file is created that is called during the boot process. This mounts the volume each time without affecting the fstab file. These steps should resolve the issue:
- Take a Snapshot of both the Droplet and the Volume for safety.
- Unmount the old mount point.
- Remove the systemd mount file that should be found at:
/etc/systemd/system/YOUR_MOUNT_NAME.mount(Make sure that the volume name matches and is correct! Be very careful with the “rm” command.) - You can test by rebooting at your earliest convenience and checking with the “mount” command.
- If everything is working well, feel free to remove the Snapshots created at the start.
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Hopefully this helps anyone searching for a resolution to this issue!
I ran:
umount /mnt/oldmountpoint
rmdir /mnt/oldmountpoint
but upon reboot, the old mount point directory reappears and mounts…
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