Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 09:22:35 -0500 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "Matthew Englehart" <englehar@apk.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: problems mounting msdos partition Message-ID: <008201bed5df$fa0f90e0$fca3f9cf@megared.net.mx> References: <002601bed581$402a3d00$03b936cf@apk.net>
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Hi, Are you actually using "TABS" instead of spaces, its mandatory I thnk. Ales ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Englehart <englehar@apk.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 10:04 PM Subject: problems mounting msdos partition > With 2.2.8: > > Here is the relevant line from /etc/fstab: > > /dev/wd0s1 /dos msdos r 2 2 > > When I type "mount /dos" I get the error message: > > fstab: /etc/fstab:6: Inappropriate file type or format > fstab: /etc/fstab:6: Inappropriate file type or format > mount: /dos: unknown special file or file system > > However, when I type > > mount_msdos /dev/wd0s1 /dos > > everything is fine; e.g. I can ls /dos > > Any idea why the first way doesn't work? Mounting of > /dos also fails during the OS boot. > > Thanks, > Matt Englehart > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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