From: Peter <pete4abw@comcast.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: mount: unknown filesystem type 'ext2'
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 13:08:34 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan.2005.12.29.18.08.34.587977@comcast.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 49bf44f10512290937x7d581b22w86727f8b0799d11c@mail.gmail.com
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 09:37:49 -0800, Grant wrote:
>
> # 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.
> but also this:
>
> # mount -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /boot
> #
>
What's the error here? Again, mount /boot should work.
> Why does mount use ext2 by default? This hasn't happened before. I
> have no special grub configuration and fstab specifies ext3 for boot.
>
See above. fstab is not used when you use both a device and mount point.
> Is this the kind of issue that comes and goes on a Gentoo system and
> isn't worth looking into?
>
> - Grant
Stupid things do break when layouts, etc. change. Unfortunate.
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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 ` Peter [this message]
2005-12-29 19:05 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant
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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