[SWLUG] New disk won't mount help please!

[Gareth Bowker]

On Maw, 2004-04-27 at 18:43, linlist2 at nwjones.demon.co.uk wrote:

> I altered /etc/fstab to contain the line
> 
> /dev/hdc1 /mnt/hdc1 ext2 default 2 1
> 
> I altered mtab to contain a line that looked like the one for the windows partition but with the right filing system in it.
> 
> It won't mount even after a reboot.
> 
> I get a message saying the mount point is missing.

I suspect the mount point is missing. Does /mnt/hdc1 exist?

> What is wrong? How do I fix it?

As root: mkdir /mnt/hdc1

Gareth