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From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: mount: unknown filesystem type 'ext2'
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:05:00 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49bf44f10512291105h552f39b0u100924396e4d0ca8@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pan.2005.12.29.18.08.34.587977@comcast.net>

> > # mount /dev/hda1 /boot
> > mount: unknown filesystem type 'ext2'
> >
>
> OK. I see now. By specifying the device and mount point, you bypass fstab.
> Default will be what mount THINKS it is, which is like doing mount -t auto...
>
> If you just did mount /boot it would be fine.

OK, so mount only refers to fstab for fs info if the device isn't
specified.  What is the logic behind that?  If that behavior was
recently implemented, it would explain why I'm only now getting the
error.  I've always mounted as above.

- Grant

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  reply	other threads:[~2005-12-29 19:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-12-28 17:15 [gentoo-user] mount: unknown filesystem type 'ext2' Grant
2005-12-28 17:34 ` [gentoo-user] " Peter
2005-12-28 23:48   ` Grant
2005-12-29 12:31     ` [gentoo-user] " Peter
2005-12-29 17:37       ` Grant
2005-12-29 18:08         ` [gentoo-user] " Peter
2005-12-29 19:05           ` Grant [this message]
2005-12-29 19:46             ` [gentoo-user] " Peter
2005-12-29 19:47             ` [gentoo-user] " Richard Fish
2005-12-29 19:40       ` [gentoo-user] " Richard Fish

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