On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 10:23:03AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > > try > > http://www.microwerks.net/%7Ehugo/ > > -- > > Best Regards, > > > > David Price > > Thanks, but I don't need backup software. Also, with some help, I seem > to have a nice tar script to do what I want. But in my effort to deal > with some permission/ownership problems, I find myself no longer able > to access the external mass storage device (USB 2.0 hard disk that is > seen as a SCSI device). > > I first created a single primary partition on the external device and > then wrote it to disk: > > Command (m for help): p > > Disk /dev/sdc1: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 39082 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdc1p1 1 39082 40019952 83 Linux > > I then create a mount point /mnt/mirror and add to the /etc/fstab file > the line: > > /dev/sdc1 /mnt/mirror ext2 noauto,user > > Next I mount the drive: > > [root@langhans etc]# mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/mirror > mount: you must specify the filesystem type > > This sounds like an error in fstab, but I don't see it. I run:
You forgot to create the file system on the disk itself :) Use mke2fs or whatever to create your filesystem before mounting it. greg k-h _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
