Re: [TCLUG:13613] fstab question

[Philip C Mendelsohn <mend0070@tc.umn.edu>]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Mike Hicks wrote:

> Philip C Mendelsohn wrote:
> > 
> > I am having trouble letting any user mount the floppy on my system.  I get
> > a "you must specify the filesystem type".  I believe I have fstype
> > correctly set to auto in my fstab (below.)  Any bright ideas on what
> > stupid mistake I'm making?
> 
> I've come across a problem like this before..  If the filesystem for the
> floppy is compiled as a module and the module is not loaded when a user
> attempts to mount the floppy, mount will barf..  You can probably get
> around this by putting appropriate 'modprobe blah.o' commands in the
> init scripts.
> 
> Then again, it's been a while since I came across that problem..
> 

OK, one other question.  I found the (fs).o files in /lib/modules, but
need two pieces of info.

Which init scripts want the modprobe blah.o line?

Why can I mount these floppies as root when I specify the fstype
manually?  Only a user cannot mount the volume, because mount says that
"you must specify the fs type" and "only root can do that."  Wouldn't root
also have trouble with the fstype if the modprobe thing were the fix?

Thanks,

Phil M

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