On Friday 10 May 2002 12:07, you wrote: > > The only problem is that the run time script says"mount local > > files system, mount fs type defaults not supported" which seems > > to me that it does not like my defaults 1 1 , I first chose 0 0 > > ,with the same result , Can anyone suggest a setting that would > > be agreeable to the boot script, or what am I doing wrong here. > > Note the spare partition is just that , no OS. > > Compare the following two lines (tabbed for effect): > > /dev/hda7 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > /dev/hda9 /mnt/ext2-vol6 defaults 1 1 > > notice something missing? > > Regards, > > John... Hmmm, so there is.
Later, Actually No, The implication is that I missed mnt/ off, but actually hda7 is the boot OS ,not the spare exts partition (hda9) which I want to mount in order to gain access to it. ext2-vol6 is a directory in /mnt and the access point to the partion hda9. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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