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Re: advice w/ fstab mnt floppy



on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 07:14:21PM -0800, Nick (daye149@pacbell.net) wrote:
> i am trying to mount my fd0
> 
> i have the following in my fstab:
> /dev/fd0	/mnt/floppy     auto	noauto,owner	0	0
> 
> my box doesn't seem to like the auto for the file type, so i guess my 
> question is what file type do you use for the floppy in debian
> 
> exact error message
> 
> "mount /mnt/floppy 2>&1" reported:
> /dev/fd0: input/output error
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type

   $ man mount

Specifying 'auto' for fs will automatically check for a specified list
of filesystems, or those listed in /etc/filesystems, or those listed in
/proc/filesystems.  Do you have msdos or vfat included in your kernel or
loades as modules?  Try:

    $ cat /proc/filesystems

Cheers.

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