okay to mount a zip disk
standard zip disks are going to be a vfat on /dev/sda4 your not specifying
a partition
even as root try
mount /zip
I'll bet that it doesn't work
And I believe that you should be able to replace the media type from ext2 to
auto to mount and type of filesystem in that device
Regards,
Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 1:25 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Mounting Drives
>
>
>
> On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, greyn wrote:
>
> > I would like to mount my floppy, cdrom and zip drives while logged in
> as a
> > normal user(not root). I tried adding these lines to my /etc/fstab:
> >
> > /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,users,noauto,unhide
> > /dev/fd0 /floppy ext2 users,noauto,unhide
> > /dev/sda /zip ext2 users,noauto,unhide
> >
> > My entire fstab is:
> >
> > /dev/hdb2 swap swap defaults 0 0
> > /dev/hdb3 swap swap defaults 0 0
> > /dev/hda1 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> > /dev/hda2 /downloads ext2 defaults 1 1
> > /dev/hdb1 /common vfat defaults 1 0
> > /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,users,noauto,unhide
> > /dev/fd0 /floppy ext2 users,noauto,unhide
> > /dev/sda /zip ext2 users,noauto,unhide
> > none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
> > none /proc proc defaults 0 0
>
> I have no idea what unhide is, but where I come from, users is spelled
> "user" (no s).
> >
> > I then attempt to mount them using:
> >
> > mount /dev/fd0
> >
> > However, I get the message:
> >
> > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
> > or too many mounted file systems
>
> If you are getting this message, replace all your hardware and
> reinstall. I might believe it if it complaied "bad superblock on
> /dev/fd0", particularly if you mounted an msdos formatted floppy in it
> (fstab says ext2)
> >
> > If I try:
> >
> > mount /dev/fd0 /floppy
>
> A user may specify _either_ mount point or device, but not both, or
> mount presumes he is trying to override fstab, and rejects the request.
> >
> > I get the message:
> >
> > mount: only root can do that
> >
> > I can successfully mount them as root using:
> >
> > mount /dev/sda /zip
>
> We're talking apples and grapes here. You haven't had your user try
> mount /zip
>
> or
> mount /dev/sda
>
> >
> > Is there something obvious that I am missing??
> >
> > TIA,
> > greyn
> >
> > *************************************************
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
> > *************************************************
> >
> >
> Here's a sample fstab that works for me:
> /dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 1 1
> /dev/hda4 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> /dev/hda2 /dosw ext2 auto,user,exec 1 2
> /dev/hda1 /dosc vfat noauto,user
> none /proc proc defaults
> /dev/hdb /cdrom iso9660 ro,noauto,user,exec
> /dev/fd0 /mnt/minix minix noauto,user
> /dev/fd0 /mnt/dos vfat noauto,user
> /dev/fd0 /mnt/ext2 ext2 noauto,user
>
> Obviously, I can't mount /dev/fd0: it is ambiguous. But my users can
> mount /mnt/dos, /mnt/ext2, or /mnt/minix, if the right format of floppy
> is in the drive.
>
> Lawson
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