Randy Ramsdell wrote:
Yes, it is normal for mount to work this way. It tries to autodetect the fs type and usually works with most filesystems.What is this all about?
If I mount an ext3 filesystem like this:
mount /dev/hdb1 /backup
It mounts, but "ls /backup" produces : Literally !
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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?
Which os version? FC2?
I don't understand why it does not autodetect the fs type. Mine does the autodetect flawlessly. This seems to really be your problem.
