At 12:22 PM 6/25/2000 +0530, Neil wrote:
> > The message I am getting is:
> > bash:unknown file system vfat
> ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
> Hmm, methinks you are cheating on us. Wherever does "bash" come in while
>mounting filesystems? And whoever told bash that vfat is supposed to be a
>filesystem anyway. Thought it was all "mount"'s job.
> Maybe you wanna check your syntax and see if its something like
>
>root@srijan ~]# mount -t vfat /dev/hda? /directory
>
>
>hmmm... and me thinks u r one of the 2 stupid DOGS...
>well holani... try saying mount -tstupid /dev/hdax /dir
>the error will be bash:unknown file system stupid
Ummm, Neil, is this really you, or the LI spammer again?
On my Debian 2.1,
texas:~# mount -t null / /
mount: fs type null not supported by kernel
>his problem was most probably bcos vfat wasnt precompiled in his kernel
>... well the problem is strange as vfat fs run out of the box for all rh
>distributions...AFAIK.
No, the problem is strange because bash doesn't know any file system but
the VFS in all RH distributions. Have you tried the command on your box,
please?
-- Ghane
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