Civileme wrote:
>
> Dennis Robertson wrote:
> >
> > Dale Morris wrote:
> > >
> > > Ramon,
> > > Thankyou for your concise and thoughtful reply. I have saved it for future
> > > reference. I have tried the entries you suggested for my fstab file and
> > > it just isn't working. I am including a copy of my fstab file in hopes
> > > someone can point out what I'm doing wrong here. I am able to mount vfat
> > > floppies, just can't get the ext2 working. I've tried all the
> > > obvious.. Here's the fstab file, the way it came configured in Mandrake
> > > 7.0:
> > >
> > > /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
> > > /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> > > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0
> > > /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
> > > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
> > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
> > > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
> > >
> > > thanks again
> > >
> > > --dale
> > >
> > > "my mind is scheduled to clear tomorrow, then not again for another 400 years."
> >
> > If I could add my 2 cents worth, I have tried every combination
> > suggested by Ramon and Silkythreads without success. For me, I have to
> > change the device entry to /mnt/fd0 to get even vfat to work
> > (/mnt/floppy won't work and /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device). I
> > believe the problem is related to supermount and would be interested to
> > see the fstab file from anyone who is able to read both vfat and ext2
> > floppies in L-M7.0 with supermount enabled.
> > As a matter of interest man fs says that /proc/filesystems shows the
> > filesystems currently supported by the kernel; that file is empty on my
> > system. Is that related?
> > --
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>
> [shadow@civileme shadow]$ cat /proc/filesystems
> ext2
> nodev proc
> iso9660
> nodev devpts
> vfat
> nodev nfs
> [shadow@civileme shadow]$
>
> is for a system without supermount installed (Mandrake 7.0
> Development, loaded with all the stuff I'll never use.)
Now with a system specifically built for supermount
I got identical results
Supermount mounts the device empty on startup and polls it to see
if media has changed on a frequent basis. According to
Mandrakeuser.org the proper thing to do to see ext2 floppies is
a) make the change of fs=auto in the floppy supermount line
b) make sure ext2fs is listed in /etc/filesystems
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/admin/amount2.html#super
is the relevant URL.
I also set up a test system and discovered a few things.
1. the ide-floppy module does not help you supermount an LS120 as
a floppy
2. dev=/dev/hdx on supermount lines in /etc/fstab (where x is the
LS120 location) is an extraordinarily inept idea. I managed to
have my first RESET in months thanks to that. After locking up
the wm it halted the shutdown sequence at "unmounting
filesystems" for a measured 30 minutes before I decided I would
have to hit the dreaded button.
3. Dragging a file to a supermount icon won't work. I
previously described the workaround for that.
Civileme
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