Civileme....that's what it says to do at mandrakeuser.org, but
did you try it? I did. It didn't work here. Your
instructions differed slightly from mandrakeuser.org's
instructions however, in that you say to add a line containing
'ext2fs' to the /etc/filesystems file and mandrakeuser.org's
instructions were to add a line containing 'ext2'. So, if that
might make a difference, I don't know.
Alan
Civileme wrote:
>
> Civileme wrote:
> >
> > Dennis Robertson wrote:
> > >
> > > Dale Morris wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Ramon,
> > > > Thankyou for your concise and thoughtful reply. I have saved it for future
> > > > reference. I have tried the entries you suggested for my fstab file and
> > > > it just isn't working. I am including a copy of my fstab file in hopes
> > > > someone can point out what I'm doing wrong here. I am able to mount vfat
> > > > floppies, just can't get the ext2 working. I've tried all the
> > > > obvious.. Here's the fstab file, the way it came configured in Mandrake
> > > > 7.0:
> > > >
> > > > /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
> > > > /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> > > > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0
> > > > /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
> > > > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
> > > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> > > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
> > > > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
> > > >
> > > > thanks again
> > > >
> > > > --dale
> > > >
> > > > "my mind is scheduled to clear tomorrow, then not again for another 400 years."
> > >
> > > If I could add my 2 cents worth, I have tried every combination
> > > suggested by Ramon and Silkythreads without success. For me, I have to
> > > change the device entry to /mnt/fd0 to get even vfat to work
> > > (/mnt/floppy won't work and /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device). I
> > > believe the problem is related to supermount and would be interested to
> > > see the fstab file from anyone who is able to read both vfat and ext2
> > > floppies in L-M7.0 with supermount enabled.
> > > As a matter of interest man fs says that /proc/filesystems shows the
> > > filesystems currently supported by the kernel; that file is empty on my
> > > system. Is that related?
> > > --
> > > Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA
> > > Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first for setup.
> >
> > [shadow@civileme shadow]$ cat /proc/filesystems
> > ext2
> > nodev proc
> > iso9660
> > nodev devpts
> > vfat
> > nodev nfs
> > [shadow@civileme shadow]$
> >
> > is for a system without supermount installed (Mandrake 7.0
> > Development, loaded with all the stuff I'll never use.)
>
> Now with a system specifically built for supermount
>
> I got identical results
>
> Supermount mounts the device empty on startup and polls it to see
> if media has changed on a frequent basis. According to
> Mandrakeuser.org the proper thing to do to see ext2 floppies is
>
> a) make the change of fs=auto in the floppy supermount line
>
> b) make sure ext2fs is listed in /etc/filesystems
>
> http://www.mandrakeuser.org/admin/amount2.html#super
>
> is the relevant URL.
>
> I also set up a test system and discovered a few things.
>
> 1. the ide-floppy module does not help you supermount an LS120 as
> a floppy
> 2. dev=/dev/hdx on supermount lines in /etc/fstab (where x is the
> LS120 location) is an extraordinarily inept idea. I managed to
> have my first RESET in months thanks to that. After locking up
> the wm it halted the shutdown sequence at "unmounting
> filesystems" for a measured 30 minutes before I decided I would
> have to hit the dreaded button.
>
> 3. Dragging a file to a supermount icon won't work. I
> previously described the workaround for that.
>
> Civileme
>
> --
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> ordinary slice of bread and a tablespoon of peanut butter
> has determined that the probability a random toss will
> land sticky side down (SSD) is approximately .98
