[Wylug-help] GRUB extra

[Dave Whiteley]

On Tuesday 27 February 2007 10:21, scott wrote:
> with reference to e-mail GRUB
>
> How do i mount a logical partition? i have tried the mount instructions
> from my "Linux for Dummies" book:
>
> mount /dev/sda5
>
> But get the error message
>
> mount: can't find /dev/sda5 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
>
> any help with instructions please.
>
>
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The file /etc/fstab is the configuration file that containd information about 
standard filesystem mounts on your system.  It containd information about

1.  What device to mount
2.  Where to mount it
3.  What type of file system it is.  It could be ext3, vfat, ntfs, etc.
4.  Options.  eg read/write, automatically mounted at boot etc. 

The simple command you typed,  mount /dev/sda5  would have worked had there 
been an entry in fstab for the device /dev/sda5.

You either need to add an entry to fstab, or provide more information on the 
command line.

(try man mount, or man 5 fstab)

Dave 


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