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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 21:04:42 +0200
From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Subject: mount -t mfs
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Tried to mount /tmp as mfs according to the suggestion in
the handbook. I added 

/dev/sd0b /tmp mfs rw 0 0 

Tried mount /tmp
and get  mfs: /tmp:  Operation not supported by device.

What is the clue in getting a mfs /tmp ?

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de