Re: smartctl cannot access mystorage, need syntax help

[David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>]

On Mon 15 Jan 2024 at 18:27:14 (-0500), gene heskett wrote:
> On 1/15/24 14:57, David Wright wrote:
> > On Sun 14 Jan 2024 at 20:15:16 (-0500), gene heskett wrote:
> > > On 1/14/24 18:57, Felix Miata wrote:
> > > > gene heskett composed on 2024-01-14 18:39 (UTC-0500):
> > > > > Felix Miata wrote:
> > > > > > My point was entirely about suitability of /mnt/ for fstab entries.
> > > > > And my point is that for a one time copy, its was handy. I didn't have
> > > > > to mkdir a mount point for it.

Obviously you mean something different from what would be
a conventional interpretation of those two sentences.

> > > > /mnt/ is intended for one-time copies, just the ticket for that particular
> > > > exercise.
> > > I don't recall ever mounting something to /mnt, always to a subdir in mount.
> > 
> > How did you mount to a subdir in /mnt without making a mount point?
> > Your two statements appear contradictory.
> 
> On this particular ball of rock and water at least, called a planet in
> most circles, you "mkdir /mnt/whatever".  You don't have to mount
> directly on /mnt and I don't think I ever have. Do it 50 times with
> your own version of "whatever", same with any path to anyplace on the
> system. Nothing special about it.

And I've never created any mount point under /mnt. For a one time
copy, /mnt is handy; always there, I don't have to mkdir at all.

Cheers,
David.