On Sat, 2002-05-11 at 01:32, John Richard Smith wrote: > > > > 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.
Look again, In the first entry you have specified, correctly, the device, the mountpoint and the filesystem type. In the second entry you have specified the device and the mountpoint, but no filesystem type! That's why the system complains of unknown filesystem type 'defaults'. Regards, John...
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