John Richard Smith wrote: > On Friday 10 May 2002 12:07, you wrote: > > > The only problem is that the run time script says"mount > > > local files system, mount fs type defaults not > > > supported" which seems to me that it does not like my > > > defaults 1 1 , I first chose 0 0 ,with the same result > > > , Can anyone suggest a setting that would be agreeable > > > to the boot script, or what am I doing wrong here. Note > > > the spare partition is just that , no OS. > > > > Compare the following two lines (tabbed for effect): > > > > /dev/hda7 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > > /dev/hda9 /mnt/ext2-vol6 defaults 1 1 > > > > notice something missing? > > > > Regards, > > > > John... > > Hmmm, so there is. > > Later, > > Actually No, > The implication is that I missed mnt/ off, > but actually hda7 is the boot OS ,not the spare exts > partition (hda9) which I want to mount in order to gain > access to it. > > ext2-vol6 is a directory in /mnt and the access point to > the partion hda9. > John
John....you missed John's point. Try the edited entry below. /dev/hda7 / ext2 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda9 /mnt/ext2-vol6 ext2 defaults 1 1 -- Alan :)
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