Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 14 Jun 1996 22:30:32 -0400 | From | "Steven N. Hirsch" <> | Subject | Re: mount |
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Dan Bjarno wrote: > > In a much earlier Linux-release I used to have (Yggdrasil, I think), "mount" > didnt have to be told what fs-type it was to mount: > > When typing the command "mount /dev/hda2 /mnt", mount itself figured out > what type of fs /dev/hda1 was initialized with. > > In my present Slack-release, "mount" has to be told with the "-t<fs>" option, . > > Is there any (good) reason why the auto-probing has disappeared ? > > ********************************* > * * > * :) Dan Bjarno, SeK :) * > * * > *********************************
I think you misunderstand why the older system didn't require switches. It wasn't "autoprobing" at all; the fstab likely had entries for the target filesystems that provided necessary parms. If you include the "noauto" token in fstab it will not automount on boot but a manually-entered mount command can pick up its options transparently.
- Steve
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