Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Floppy In Fstab
Jason Stubbs wrote: On Thursday 13 November 2003 09:18, Norbert Kamenicky wrote: u do not like read manuals, don't u ? In both of lines u have mistakes in flag "user" :-( That's pretty rude - especially since you are wrong. Both the "user" option and the "users" option exists. Both allow any user to mount the device. The difference is that "users" will allow any user to unmount the device whereas "user" will only allow the mounting user to unmount it. Jason ... my answer was too fast ... since I never user "users" flag (and do not checked the manual) I was thinking it's a mistake :-( noro -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Floppy In Fstab
Ernie Schroder wrote: On Wednesday 12 November 2003 08:38 pm, Kathy Wills wrote: Norbert Kamenicky wrote: Kathy Wills wrote: I have tried the following in my fstab file: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext3users,ro 0 0 and /dev/floppy /mnt/floppy ext3 users,ro 0 0 Of course, it has the proper spacing in the actual file. I keep getting the message that it is not a block device. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong? Hi Kathy, u do not like read manuals, don't u ? In both of lines u have mistakes in flag "user" :-( /dev/floppy is not dev special, but directory, therefore the error :-) really u like to use ext3 FS on floppy ? (M$ floppy uses vfat) let's try this: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,noauto 0 0 That is one of the ways I tried. I was still getting the error message about it. Yes, I read the manuals. Everything I had tried came up with the error message. Kathy, Try it like this: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat noauto,users,auto,rw 0 0 This is the combination that finally worked. /dev/floppy/0 /mnt/floppyext3,vfat users,noauto,rw 0 0 -- Kathy Wills + + Genealogy Web Site: http://www.kathywillsfamily.com + + + + Summit Group Web Site: http://www.tsginfo.com/index.php?rc=VW4374 + + -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Floppy In Fstab
On Wednesday 12 November 2003 08:38 pm, Kathy Wills wrote: > Norbert Kamenicky wrote: > > Kathy Wills wrote: > >> I have tried the following in my fstab file: > >> > >> /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext3users,ro 0 0 > >> > >> and > >> > >> /dev/floppy /mnt/floppy ext3 users,ro 0 0 > >> > >> Of course, it has the proper spacing in the actual file. I keep > >> getting the message that it is not a block device. Can someone > >> please tell me what I am doing wrong? > > > > Hi Kathy, > > > > u do not like read manuals, don't u ? > > > > In both of lines u have mistakes in flag "user" :-( > > /dev/floppy is not dev special, but directory, therefore the > > error :-) really u like to use ext3 FS on floppy ? (M$ floppy > > uses vfat) > > > > let's try this: > > > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,noauto 0 0 > > That is one of the ways I tried. I was still getting the error > message about it. Yes, I read the manuals. Everything I had tried > came up with the error message. Kathy, Try it like this: /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy vfatnoauto,users,auto,rw0 0 -- Regards, Ernie 100% Microsoft and Intel free -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Floppy In Fstab
Jason Stubbs wrote: On Thursday 13 November 2003 09:18, Norbert Kamenicky wrote: u do not like read manuals, don't u ? In both of lines u have mistakes in flag "user" :-( That's pretty rude - especially since you are wrong. Both the "user" option and the "users" option exists. Both allow any user to mount the device. The difference is that "users" will allow any user to unmount the device whereas "user" will only allow the mounting user to unmount it. Jason Thanks, Jason, I had used users because this was exactly what I wanted. -- Kathy Wills + + Genealogy Web Site: http://www.kathywillsfamily.com + + + + Summit Group Web Site: http://www.tsginfo.com/index.php?rc=VW4374 + + -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Floppy In Fstab
Norbert Kamenicky wrote: Kathy Wills wrote: I have tried the following in my fstab file: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext3users,ro 0 0 and /dev/floppy /mnt/floppy ext3 users,ro 0 0 Of course, it has the proper spacing in the actual file. I keep getting the message that it is not a block device. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong? Hi Kathy, u do not like read manuals, don't u ? In both of lines u have mistakes in flag "user" :-( /dev/floppy is not dev special, but directory, therefore the error :-) really u like to use ext3 FS on floppy ? (M$ floppy uses vfat) let's try this: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,noauto 0 0 That is one of the ways I tried. I was still getting the error message about it. Yes, I read the manuals. Everything I had tried came up with the error message. -- Kathy Wills + + Genealogy Web Site: http://www.kathywillsfamily.com + + + + Summit Group Web Site: http://www.tsginfo.com/index.php?rc=VW4374 + + -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Floppy In Fstab
On Thursday 13 November 2003 09:18, Norbert Kamenicky wrote: > u do not like read manuals, don't u ? > > In both of lines u have mistakes in flag "user" :-( That's pretty rude - especially since you are wrong. Both the "user" option and the "users" option exists. Both allow any user to mount the device. The difference is that "users" will allow any user to unmount the device whereas "user" will only allow the mounting user to unmount it. Jason -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Floppy In Fstab
--- Kathy Wills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DB Wong wrote: > > > --- Kathy Wills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have tried the > >following in my fstab file: > > > > > >>/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext3users,ro 0 0 > >> > >>and > >> > >>/dev/floppy /mnt/floppy ext3 users,ro 0 0 > >> > >>Of course, it has the proper spacing in the actual file. I keep getting > >>the message that it is not a block device. Can someone please tell me > >>what I am doing wrong? > >> > >> > > > >The first case looks okay to me but the block device error will come from > the > >second case (/dev/floppy) because that's a directory (try /dev/floppy/0) > > > >--DB > > > > > I'll give that a try. Hope that stops the errors. > Thinking about it again, you should add the "noauto" to the options so it doesn't try to mount on boot with no floopy in the drive. That will cause the error in the first case as well. --DB __ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Floppy In Fstab
Kathy Wills wrote: I have tried the following in my fstab file: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext3users,ro 0 0 and /dev/floppy /mnt/floppy ext3 users,ro 0 0 Of course, it has the proper spacing in the actual file. I keep getting the message that it is not a block device. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong? Hi Kathy, u do not like read manuals, don't u ? In both of lines u have mistakes in flag "user" :-( /dev/floppy is not dev special, but directory, therefore the error :-) really u like to use ext3 FS on floppy ? (M$ floppy uses vfat) let's try this: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,noauto 0 0 it should mout floppy with any FS on it in case u like to have it read only (probably not), add "ro" flag noro -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Floppy In Fstab
DB Wong wrote: --- Kathy Wills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have tried the following in my fstab file: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext3users,ro 0 0 and /dev/floppy /mnt/floppy ext3 users,ro 0 0 Of course, it has the proper spacing in the actual file. I keep getting the message that it is not a block device. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong? The first case looks okay to me but the block device error will come from the second case (/dev/floppy) because that's a directory (try /dev/floppy/0) --DB I'll give that a try. Hope that stops the errors. -- Kathy Wills + + Genealogy Web Site: http://www.kathywillsfamily.com + + + + Summit Group Web Site: http://www.tsginfo.com/index.php?rc=VW4374 + + -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Floppy In Fstab
--- Kathy Wills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have tried the following in my fstab file: > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext3users,ro 0 0 > > and > > /dev/floppy /mnt/floppy ext3 users,ro 0 0 > > Of course, it has the proper spacing in the actual file. I keep getting > the message that it is not a block device. Can someone please tell me > what I am doing wrong? The first case looks okay to me but the block device error will come from the second case (/dev/floppy) because that's a directory (try /dev/floppy/0) --DB __ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Problems with Floppy In Fstab
I have tried the following in my fstab file: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext3users,ro 0 0 and /dev/floppy /mnt/floppy ext3 users,ro 0 0 Of course, it has the proper spacing in the actual file. I keep getting the message that it is not a block device. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong? -- Kathy Wills + + Genealogy Web Site: http://www.kathywillsfamily.com + + + + Summit Group Web Site: http://www.tsginfo.com/index.php?rc=VW4374 + + -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
