From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 4 2:26:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from usgs.gov (igsmn002.wr.usgs.gov [130.118.41.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7A85714E7C for ; Sun, 4 Jul 1999 02:26:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rsowders@usgs.gov) Received: from IGSMN-Message_Server by usgs.gov with Novell_GroupWise; Sun, 04 Jul 1999 02:26:45 -0700 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.2 Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 02:26:31 -0700 From: "Robert Sowders" To: cjm2@earthling.net, markov@globalnet.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, greg@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk Subject: Re: Mount enhancement? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG With a a valid entry in /etc/fstab, why not do a=20 mount -a ? >>> Mark Ovens 7/2/99 6:12:04 PM >>> On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 09:27:59AM -0400, Christopher J. Michaels wrote: > I assume you're referring to something other than typing... > mount -t cd9660 /dev/wcd0c /cdrom >=20 > such as just... > mount /dev/wcd0c /cdrom >=20 > or are you actually typing... > mount_cd9660 /dev/wcd0c /cdrom >=20 Of course, if you have a valid entry in /etc/fstab you can just type: mount /cdrom >=20 > -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Greg Quinlan > Sent: Friday, July 02, 1999 6:49 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 > Subject: Mount enhancement? >=20 >=20 > Is there anyone that has any thoughts on making mount a single step? >=20 > mount_msdos > mount_cd9960 > mount_ntfs > mount_ext2fs >=20 > just >=20 > mount >=20 > Under another x86 Unix based OS they use just "mount" for all filesystem = and > device mounting, and determine the filesystem type using "dtype" (data > type), so instead of using a separate mount command for every hardware > device or filesystem, it is just "mount." >=20 > (of course their are perhaps the odd exception) >=20 > To achieve this a intermediate step to determine the data-type would be > required then perhaps to call the appropriate mount command with the = command > line parameters. >=20 > Has anyone got any thoughts? >=20 > Greg >=20 > (ps. please include me in the reply) >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org=20 > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >=20 >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org=20 > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >=20 --=20 FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org=20 My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov=20 _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:markov@globalnet.co.uk http://www.radan.com=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org=20 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