> iso9660 > > Jon R. Doyle > Sendmail Inc. > 6425 Christie Ave > Emeryville, Ca. 94608 > > > (o_ > (o_ (o_ //\ > (/)_ (\)_ V_/_ > > > > On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Noll, Ralph wrote: > > > what is the mount command and the type to mount my cdrom from my windows bo > x > > to install a product from my win pc onto my linux machine > > > > mount -t ftp 10.201.18.2 /cdrom... > > zvmlinx5:/# mount -t ftp 10.201.18.2 /cdrom > > mount: fs type ftp not supported by kernel > > zvmlinx5:/# > > > > error message above
You're telling the system the filesystem is of type ftp. Linux doesn't know how to handle a filesystemc called "ftp." This doesn't surprise me as I don't either, though someone did write such a driver for OS/2 some years ago. To mount a remote filesystem, you need to specify both the host and the directory on the host. > > > > > > Ralph > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Scott Archer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 11:02 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: SLES8 Install Problems > > > > > > WAR-FTPD is a server that will work with a Linux install, unlike microsoft > > ftp servers which only have a subset of the FTP command set. It is free and > > can be found at http://www.jgaa.com/ Now I can install Linux from my window > > workstation w/o having to bother the UNIX group to mount my CD on one of > > their FTP servers. > > > > Chapter 5, page 23 (Making the installation data available via FTP) > > describes the need for it. It works well, in fact I'm replacing my current > > FTP server with WAR-FTPD. > > > > Scott > > > > > > At 09:19 AM 02/25/2003, you wrote: > > >What is WAR-FTPD? FTPD I know, but WAR is unfamiliar to me. > > > > > >Eric Bielefeld > > >Sr. MVS Systems Programmer > > >P&H Mining Equipment > > >Milwaukee, WI > > >414-671-7849 > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/24/03 04:56PM >>> > > >Okay...... solved my space problem. I'm doing an FTP install using > > >WAR-FTPD. I set the max users on the ftp server to 5 to be safe?. The > > >install logs on at least 24 times without logging off. Go figure. I set > > >the max users to 4000. Anyway.... now I can see all the packages and it > > >says I have enough room. Another tip for WAR-FTPD users is to set the file > > >access alias to /cdrom so the install can find it. > > > > ************************************************************************** > > Scott Archer > > > > Mainframe Systems Administration, New Mexico State University > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > URL: http://sarcher.nmsu.edu > > Phone: (505)646-6186 > > ************************************************************************** > > > -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
