From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 25 07:11:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA00855 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 07:11:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA00844 for ; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 07:11:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA21617; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 10:10:31 -0400 Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 10:10:31 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <9607251410.AA21617@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: mfs in 2.1.5 doesn't work? In-Reply-To: <9607251231.AA02688@wavehh.hanse.de> References: <9607251231.AA02688@wavehh.hanse.de> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < It seems the mfs in 2.1.5 doesn't work. > When I enter `mount_mfs /dev/sd0b /mnt`, the command just exits. No > coredump, no error message, no change in filesystems. > I noticed that the mountpoint isn't even checked, for example > `mount_mfs /dev/sd0b /nonexistend` results in the same behaiviour. > Maybe I overlooked something? Could you please drop me line if you > know how to fix this? Don't call mount_* directly. Use mount(8) like you are supposed to. No, I don't know that this will actually fix anything, but it's worth eliminating known errors.... -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick