Linux: Mount Fails and Can’t Read Mounted File Systems Table

ext">fstab and mtab are two important files,command, the file is automatically edited.
found on Linux systems.In case if system finds errors with any of these
• fstab: The file is also sometimesfiles, probably due to corruption, system may fail
referred as file systems table or /etc/fstab. It isto mount with the following error:
meant to list all the available disk partitions and“Cannot read table of mounted file
disks. It also includes information about how thesesystems”
disks and partitions are integrated into file systemOther than file corruption, the reason could be file
of Linux. Its corruption sometimes leads to Linuxdeletion. When the mount command is used to
Data Recovery needs.mount the file system, it reads fstab file to know
• mtab: Also known as mounted filethe valid options available to mount, while mtab is
systems table, it enlists mounted file systems.used to mark an entry that indicates file system
When any file system is mounted using mountin se and process of their use.