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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: mount, mount_msdos, and fstab
Date: 8 Apr 1997 09:44:15 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <3349C05E.2781E494@neomorphic.com>,
David Kulp <dkulp@neomorphic.com> writes:
> My fd0 won't mount using fstab, but will if I give the device
> explicitly. Que pasa?
>
> # cat /etc/fstab
> /dev/wd0s2b none swap sw 0 0
> /dev/wd0a / ufs rw 1 1
> /dev/wd0s2f /usr ufs rw 1 1
> /dev/wd0s2e /var ufs rw 1 1
> proc /proc procfs rw 0 0
> /dev/wcd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0
> /dev/wd0s1 /dos_c msdos rw,noauto 0 0
> /dev/fd0a /floppy msdos rw,noauto 0 0
> # mount /floppy
> msdos: /dev/fd0a: Invalid argument
> # mount_msdos /dev/fd0a /floppy
> mount_msdos: /dev/fd0a: Invalid argument
> # mount /dev/fd0a /floppy
> <success>
This sounds like a stupid question, but are you sure the floppy
has an msdosfs on it ? It looks like it's a ufs.
> muchas gracias,
> -david.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !