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Old 06-04-2003, 03:14 PM   #1
g1bb0ns
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Gentoo: Cd and Floppy drives won't mount.


when i try to mount either my floppy drive or my cd-rom drive i get this error

"mount: can't find (/dev/floppy,/dev/cdrom) in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab"

any suggestions on how to correct this?

-sean

I'm running gentoo btw.
 
Old 06-04-2003, 03:27 PM   #2
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use the correct syntax.... it implies you're running "mount /dev/floppy" which, as the message clearly states, does not exist. the installation instructions for gentoo include a useful summary about editing fstab manually, you'll presumably want entries for /dev/fd0 and /dev/hdc or similar
 
  


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