On Thursday 28 June 2001 13:29, Hoyt wrote:
> On Thursday 28 June 2001 09:05 am, you methodically organized
> electrons to
>
> state:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Could someone tell me how to mount a floppy that has been
> > formatted with an ext2 file system. I never seem to be able to do
> > that even if I change the /etc/fstab fs= entry. I tried with SuSE
> > also but could never mount an ext2 floppy!
> >
> > Strange isn't it considering that ext2 is the basic filesystem
> > for linux. Any hints would help me in understanding why this
> > happens.
>
> Arnab
>
>
> The standard form is
>
> mount -t <filesystem > <device> <mountpoint>
>
It also helps if you _first_ run
supermount -i disable
There is little or no advantage to using ext2 on a floppy. BY the
time you hasve paid for the overhead in space required of ext2 you
are dead even with vfat. Remember FAT was originally conceived as a
floppy filesystem (for the 5.25" 360K lunkers of the day) and it
actually does that job creditably.
and if you want supermount back, then use
supermount -i enable
after you have umounted your ext2 floppy
> so, to mount the first floppy device at /mnt/floppy, it would be
>
> mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
> Hoyt
