Re: Waht is up with mount?

[Randy Ramsdell <rramsdel comcast net>]

Jeff Vian wrote:

> Randy Ramsdell wrote:
>
> > What is this all about?
> >
> > If I mount an ext3 filesystem like this:
> >
> > mount /dev/hdb1 /backup
> >
> > It mounts, but  "ls /backup"  produces : Literally !
> >
> > >??  ??  ??.???  ??.???  ??.???  ??.???  ??.??? ??.%^?  ??.%^?  
> > ???.???  ??.4^?  ??.4^?   ?a.?e?  ?a.?e?  ?m"      ?m".?m"
> > ???.???  ??.???  ??.???  ??.???  ??.???  ??.???  ??.%^?  ??.%^?  
> > ??.4^?  ??.4^?  ??.4^?   ?a.?e?  ?a.?e?  ?m"      ?m".?m"
> > ???.???  ??.???  ??.???  ??.???  ??.???  ??.???  ??.%^?  ??.%^?  
> > ??.4^?  ??.4^?  ??.4^?   ?a.?e?  ?a.?e?  ?m"      ?n"
> >
> >
> > If I mount like like this:
> >
> > mount -t ext3 /dev/hdb1 /backup
> >
> > "ls /backup" shows the actual files correctly.
> >
> > Since there isn't an entry in fstab for /backup, I am not sure why 
> > "mount" actually mounts the drive.
> >
> > Is this normal?
> Yes,  it is normal for mount to work this way.  It tries to autodetect 
> the fs type and usually works with most filesystems.
>
> Which os version?  FC2?
>
> I don't understand why it does not autodetect the fs type.  Mine does 
> the autodetect flawlessly.   This seems to really be your problem.


I have several other drives and mount always gives a "wrong -fs " 
messages or something similar to taht when not specifying fs type.

Well, it turns out it was being mounted as vfat. I have no idea where 
that is coming from. Again, fstab is not set for this partition.

It is fixed or at least I know what the drive is being mounted as.

Thanks for the responses.

RCR