* reg hughson (rhughson@home.com) [20000417 19:00]:
/dev/hdd1 /zip vfat rw,noauto,user,exec 0 0
This is a partioned media using the first partition.
/dev/hdd /zip ext2 rw,noauto,user,exec 0 0
This is an unpartitionend media, i.e. a 'superfloppy'.
in order to mount my ext2 disks.
In order to make both disks similiar, create an ext2 partition on the media
(I'd recommend cfdisk for that) and then use 'mke2fs /dev/hdd1' to create
the actual filesystem. Then create *one* entry in fstab with auto as
filesystem:
/dev/hdd1 /zip auto rw,noauto,user,exec 0 0
This will let mount try to determine the right filesystem. In order for this
to also work with vfat, you have to create the file /etc/filesystems (if
you're not using 6.4). Here's the one from 6.4:
-------------->8 cut 8<-------------------
vfat
hfs
minix
-------------->8 cut 8<-------------------
Actually the first entry would suffice for you, but the others can't harm.
Philipp
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Philipp Thomas