Jim Hall wrote:
I asked about a similar situation on a Sarge install some time ago. Good, specific responses. It turns out that the mount command checks a file: '/etc/filesystems' (if it exists). Sarge apparently doesn't create it. That's why mount is asking you to specify a filesystem. I created the file with these entries: vfat msdos ext3 ext2
That has to be bug. Programs should retrieve supported filesystems
from /proc/filesystems. On my system, here is what I have:
$ cat /proc/filesystems
nodev sysfs
nodev rootfs
nodev bdev
nodev proc
nodev sockfs
nodev usbfs
nodev usbdevfs
nodev futexfs
nodev tmpfs
nodev pipefs
nodev eventpollfs
nodev devpts
ext3
ext2
nodev ramfs
msdos
vfat
iso9660
nodev devfs
nodev autofs
udf
xfs
nodev binfmt_misc
nodev smbfs
nodev rpc_pipefs
nodev nfs
nodev nfs4
The user or admin should not have to tell applications what kind of
filesystems the kernel supports, when the kernel will deliver the
information upon request.
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sanchez
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