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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
>
>
>
>
>
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