Thanks Eric, I forgot that mount was being provided by busybox. Thats probably exactly the problem. :) You're right, I should be specifying the filesystem type if it's important, but hey, I'm lazy :) The fstab option is probably the best answer, assuming this is a limitation of busybox. I was going on the assumption that if Debian mount can do it (I don't have fstab entries for my usb drives), then bering-uclibc should to. But I'd rather have the small footprint of busybox then the full feature set of a real mount for this stuff. Configuring an entry in fstab is a suitable option. Perhaps an entry like this should be included in the default fstab provided with the release?
/dev/sda1 /mnt vfat noauto 0 0 ...Izzy Eric Spakman wrote: >Hi Izzy, > >Note that Debian uses a 'real' mount and Bering-uClibc busybox mount >which doesn't have all the obscure functions of a full mount. >But it's better to always use the -t option anyway and don't rely to >much on automatic guessing. But why not simply make an entry in fstab >? Maybe Debian also has that. > >Eric > > > >>I'm not sure how mount detects what filesystem to use when it isn't >>specified in fstab, but it would be very nice if it would detect vfat >>instead of fat when I mount the usb thumb drive. I'm assuming it must >>be possible because my system (Debian sarge) seems to detect the drive >>as vfat. I know I can specify it with the -t option, but I always >>forget and have to remount it. Short of adding an entry in fstab, I >>can't think of how to make it default to vfat. Anyone know the answer? >> >>...Izzy >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >>Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier >>Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo >>http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user >>Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
