Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 08:45:30 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: "Michael P. Sale" <mike@merchantsnet.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mounting floppy file systems Message-ID: <19980408084530.10172@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <01bd6258$5bc62bc0$4206bccc@708644668>; from Michael P. Sale on Tue, Apr 07, 1998 at 12:07:06PM -0700 References: <01bd6258$5bc62bc0$4206bccc@708644668>
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On Tue, Apr 07, 1998 at 12:07:06PM -0700, Michael P. Sale wrote:
> >> Error reads as follows:
> >> mount: /A: No such file or directory
> >
> > ::BINGO::
> >
> >It tells you what's gone wrong. Why didn't you say that in the first
> >place? I know, that would have made it a straightforward question and
> >you wouldn't have had the chance to chat :-)
>
> [sigh] I understand what it means, just not why it shows up.
It shows up because there's no such file or directory (/A).
Did you ever create that directory?
If not, try creating it, see if mount works. If mount works, fine.
If you did create that directory and it still doesn't work, come back
with full details like what you did exactly and what error messages and
so on.
> Yikes.....I guess after my last comment I'm going to have to subscribe to
> masochists anonymous. :-(
Too late, you're here :-)
> We still have not aswered the "why can't it be found" question.
You still haven't answered the "does it exist?" question.
If you make a directory called /frog can you mount the floppy there?
If you make a directory called /F can you mount the floppy there?
What's different about /A ? /mnt ?
> >Then you should have gone to freebsd-questions and had your question
> >ripped to shreds there instead of here :-) They handle the newest
> >newbies questions, but they kinda like to know what the problem is
> >right up front.
>
> It's a good thing I didn't. I doubt very much that the questions list
> would appreciate this discussion. :-)
You wouldn't have had it. They'd have probably waited until you gave over
the essential info (what are you doing, what is the error message, what else
have you tried and does /A exist) before bothering to help.
> I suspect one of two things will happen here. A: After reading more
> of the book, I will come to read the book as you do. B: We will read
> the book differently for a looong time. Either way should be
> interesting!
I suspect you're simply missing one little thing and it'll read differently
when you solve this. If not, if the book seems to be missing something even
after you've worked out what's going on, write to Greg Lehey and give him
the details he needs to see the problem from your end and consider making
any necessary changes. That's a pretty normal thing to do.
> Either way, I think the point here has been missed. The point is that the
> book directs a user to do something that is not possible, given the
> information available in that chapter. Period. It does not direct you to
> information that will allow the command mount /etc/fd0 /A to work if it
> fails, nor does it offer the workaround mount /etc/fd0 /mnt.
Is that true?
OK, how about first seeing what you can solve for yourself here.
It doesn't work with /A but it does work with /mnt. That's not enough.
Either
1. There's something magic about /mnt that makes it work while
no other directory will
2. There's something magic about /A that makes it not work
while any other directory would work
3. There are some directory names that work and some that don't work
4. Any directory will work but you have to make the directory first
5. There's some other reason (and I can think of a few).
> The archives bear out the fact that I am not the only person that has
> had this trouble. The original post was trying to figure out whether
> or not I missed something early on in the book that would in fact lead
> to this command working correctly as stated on page 211.
Could be. But it's hard to say without knowing what's going wrong.
It looks like everything is working perfectly except that you haven't
got a directory called /A so you can't mount there. You've implied that
it does exist, but you have never actually said so. That makes it very
hard to talk about the problem, let alone help you find out why.
Also, you might get a different result from the archive search if you
search for the error message rather than your own command.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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