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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