On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 16:31:47 -0700 Ian L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i have the following line in my /etc/fstab file:
>
> /dev/hdb1 /traces ext3 defaults 1 2
>
>
> however, this partition always fails to mount at boot up. I think the error
> message says wrong fstype, bad superblock or some other error.
>
> however, after the machine boots up i can go to the prompt and do:
>
> mount /dev/hbd1 /traces
>
> and that works fine. Anyone have any ideas why it fails to mount at boot?
>
You've explicitly set the filesystem type to ext3 in your fstab. You'll see the same error as on boot if you try the command "mount /traces".
When you give the command "mount /dev/hdb1 /traces" the fstab is not consulted. Instead, mount tries to detect the proper filesystem. You can change your fstab to the proper filesystem type or to the value "auto". To test that the change is working properly before reboot use "mount /traces".
Sean
It should be ext3. Is there some way i can check which file system it is?
Ian
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