On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 13:27:44 -0400, Randy Ramsdell wrote: > What is this all about? > > If I mount an ext3 filesystem like this: > > mount /dev/hdb1 /backup > > It mounts, but "ls /backup" produces : Literally ! > > >??.@?? ??.??? ??.??? ??.??? ??.??? ??.??? ??.%^? ??.%^? > ???.??? ??.4^? ??.4^? ?a.?e? ?a.?e? ?m" ?m".?m" > ???.??? ??.??? ??.??? ??.??? ??.??? ??.??? ??.%^? ??.%^? ??.4^? > ??.4^? ??.4^? ?a.?e? ?a.?e? ?m" ?m".?m" > ???.??? ??.??? ??.??? ??.??? ??.??? ??.??? ??.%^? ??.%^? ??.4^? > ??.4^? ??.4^? ?a.?e? ?a.?e? ?m" ?n" > > > If I mount like like this: > > mount -t ext3 /dev/hdb1 /backup > > "ls /backup" shows the actual files correctly. > > Since there isn't an entry in fstab for /backup, I am not sure why > "mount" actually mounts the drive. > > Is this normal? If you mount with "mount /dev/hdb1 /backup", what filesystem is detected automatically? Run "mount" or "cat /proc/mounts" to find out.
