Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
> 
> On trying mount /mnt/zip I get:
> ---------
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd4,
> or too many mounted file systems
> ---------
> The entry in my fstab reads:
> /dev/hdd4   /mnt/zip  vfat noauto,rw,user,nosuid,sync
> 
> I always want to mount the zip as a msdos/vfat type so that I can shift
> stuff between other machines and my own.
> 
> What is wrong? What must I do?
> 
<snip>

Is there a filesystem on the ZIP media? If not, create one before
mounting it.

Marc

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