Man, i really dont know how mount know wich type is... i know that it normally asks for a fs type when it cant recognize the fs type. Are you sure that fstab points /dev/hda1 to /boot using ext3 ? Can you paste your fstab here? Maybe some conflict?
---------- Cabeçalho original ----------- De: "Grant" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cópia: Data: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 09:32:59 -0800 Assunto: Re: [gentoo-user] mount: unknown filesystem type 'ext2' > > Did you already tried to pass to mount the arguments ? Like mount -t ext3 > > /dev/hda1 /boot ! Try this, about the > > fstab, it's right, but to know what is wrong with your systems i probably > > need more information. Maybe someone > > in this list had this problem once and know the solution. > > > > Good luck! > > Thank you, manually specifying the filesystem type did work. How does > mount know which fs type to try when it isn't specified? I haven't > had this problem before and I never specify the type. > > - Grant > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list