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I've formatted my partition with knoppix 3.7, it's formatted with the reiserfs filesystem. but when I insert knoppix again to pick up from where I left off it cant mount my partitions :S.. heres the command and the output
Code:
root@ttyp1[knoppix]# mount /dev/hda5
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
it seems like a simple fix, but I don't know how to specify the filesystem type :S.
I never used reiserfs so I can't check syntax, but it should be something like this:
# mount -t reiserfs /dev/hda5 <mountpoint>
That <mountpoint> is a directory where you want it mounted.
root@ttyp2[knoppix]# mount -t reiserfs /dev/hda5
Usage: mount -V : print version
mount -h : print this help
mount : list mounted filesystems
mount -l : idem, including volume labels
So far the informational part. Next the mounting.
The command is `mount [-t fstype] something somewhere'.
Details found in /etc/fstab may be omitted.
mount -a [-t|-O] ... : mount all stuff from /etc/fstab
mount device : mount device at the known place
mount directory : mount known device here
mount -t type dev dir : ordinary mount command
Note that one does not really mount a device, one mounts
a filesystem (of the given type) found on the device.
One can also mount an already visible directory tree elsewhere:
mount --bind olddir newdir
or move a subtree:
mount --move olddir newdir
A device can be given by name, say /dev/hda1 or /dev/cdrom,
or by label, using -L label or by uuid, using -U uuid .
Other options: [-nfFrsvw] [-o options] [-p num].
For many more details, say man 8 mount .
ok, doesnt seem to like it.. basicly this is what I'm trying to do.. www.linuxfromscratch.org I've followed the steps right up intill i got the packages to build my own linux system. I decided to take a break after downloading all the packages onto the partition I set up. Rebooted back into windows, played some warcraft.. now I'm trying to get back where I left off with no luck..
as for my host distrobution I'm using the knoppix livecd. Didnt really want to install it to the HD because it'll take 3 gigs, and it is risky resizing partitions afterwords..
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