Re: Drive mounting

["Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>]

Cristov Russell wrote:
  >I'm having a little trouble understanding how to mount a drive.  
...
  >I've tried using the following command immediately after logging in as
  >'root':
  >
  >mkdir dos
  >mount -t msdos /dev/hdb3 /dos
  >
  >I get an error that says the mount point doesn't exist.  Also, i'm
  >attempting to access the second logical drive (E in DOS).  Is the
  >syntax correct?  What do I use to access the zip drive?

The syntax is right - the problem is that /dos does not exist.

You logged in as root and were put in the directory /root, which is
root's home directory.  You said `mkdir dos' rather than `mkdir /dos',
so you actually created /root/dos.

Do `mv /root/dos /dos' and do the mount again.

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