floppy fstab entry for vfat and ext
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP
up vote
1
down vote
favorite
I'm trying to create an fstab entry for /dev/fd0 so that user can mount a floppy formatted either with VFAT or ext32. The simple fstab entry
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user,sync,gid=users,umask=000 0 2
can only mount DOS floppies. If I change the entry to
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto,user,sync 0 2
then I can only mount a floppy with ext2 filesystem.
Obviously, I can issue a root mount command with appropriate -t option and mount either floppies. Is there a way to mount floppy as user with the simple command
mount /mnt/floppy
for floppies with either VFAT or ext2 filesystem?
linux mount floppy fstab
asked Oct 10 '17 at 3:09
Janos
84
migrated from stackoverflow.com Oct 11 '17 at 13:45
This question came from our site for professional and enthusiast programmers.
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
favorite
I'm trying to create an fstab entry for /dev/fd0 so that user can mount a floppy formatted either with VFAT or ext32. The simple fstab entry
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user,sync,gid=users,umask=000 0 2
can only mount DOS floppies. If I change the entry to
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto,user,sync 0 2
then I can only mount a floppy with ext2 filesystem.
Obviously, I can issue a root mount command with appropriate -t option and mount either floppies. Is there a way to mount floppy as user with the simple command
mount /mnt/floppy
for floppies with either VFAT or ext2 filesystem?
linux mount floppy fstab
asked Oct 10 '17 at 3:09
Janos
84
migrated from stackoverflow.com Oct 11 '17 at 13:45
This question came from our site for professional and enthusiast programmers.
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
favorite
up vote
1
down vote
favorite
I'm trying to create an fstab entry for /dev/fd0 so that user can mount a floppy formatted either with VFAT or ext32. The simple fstab entry
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user,sync,gid=users,umask=000 0 2
can only mount DOS floppies. If I change the entry to
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto,user,sync 0 2
then I can only mount a floppy with ext2 filesystem.
Obviously, I can issue a root mount command with appropriate -t option and mount either floppies. Is there a way to mount floppy as user with the simple command
mount /mnt/floppy
for floppies with either VFAT or ext2 filesystem?
linux mount floppy fstab
asked Oct 10 '17 at 3:09
Janos
84
I'm trying to create an fstab entry for /dev/fd0 so that user can mount a floppy formatted either with VFAT or ext32. The simple fstab entry
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user,sync,gid=users,umask=000 0 2
can only mount DOS floppies. If I change the entry to
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto,user,sync 0 2
then I can only mount a floppy with ext2 filesystem.
Obviously, I can issue a root mount command with appropriate -t option and mount either floppies. Is there a way to mount floppy as user with the simple command
mount /mnt/floppy
for floppies with either VFAT or ext2 filesystem?
linux mount floppy fstab
linux mount floppy fstab
asked Oct 10 '17 at 3:09
Janos
84
asked Oct 10 '17 at 3:09
Janos
84
asked Oct 10 '17 at 3:09
Janos
84
asked Oct 10 '17 at 3:09
Janos
84
asked Oct 10 '17 at 3:09
Janos
84
84
migrated from stackoverflow.com Oct 11 '17 at 13:45
This question came from our site for professional and enthusiast programmers.
migrated from stackoverflow.com Oct 11 '17 at 13:45
This question came from our site for professional and enthusiast programmers.
add a comment |Â
add a comment |Â
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
up vote
0
down vote
accepted
From man 8 mount on Linux:
If no
-toption is given, or if theautotype is specified,
mount will try to guess the desired type. Mount uses theblkid
library for guessing the filesystem type; if that does not turn
up anything that looks familiar, mount will try to read the file
/etc/filesystems, or, if that does not exist,/proc/filesystems.
All of the filesystem types listed there will be tried, except
for those that are labelednodev(e.g.devpts,procandnfs).
If/etc/filesystemsends in a line with a single*,mountwill
read/proc/filesystemsafterwards. While trying, all filesystem
types will be mounted with the mount optionsilent.
So just create a file /etc/filesystems containing something like this:
ext4
ext3
ext2
vfat
msdos
ntfs
iso9660
ufs
xfs
Add more filetypes if you need. Then you can use type auto in fstab.
answered Oct 11 '17 at 13:54
SatÃ…Â Katsura
10.7k11533
@Sato Katsura - thanks for your interest in responding to my question. I do have the/etc/filesystemsfile that contains ext2 and vfat entries, yet fstab with auto entry gives error suach as "bad superblock..." if usingmountcommand without -t option. Thecat /proc/filesystemshows only filesystems currently used by mounted devices. This problem happens only with/dev/fd0; I can mount auto sda devices (usb sticks formatted either vfat or ext2). Strange behavior for fd0?
– Janos
Oct 18 '17 at 15:19
@Janos The order is important, the entries are tried in order. Ifmsdoscomes beforevfatand you try to mount avfatfilesystem you'll get an error, because the filesystems are similar enough formsdosto match.
– SatÅ Katsura
Oct 18 '17 at 15:31
@sato Katsura - it works now! Thanks again, Janos
– Janos
Oct 20 '17 at 2:14
add a comment |Â
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
0
down vote
accepted
From man 8 mount on Linux:
If no
-toption is given, or if theautotype is specified,
mount will try to guess the desired type. Mount uses theblkid
library for guessing the filesystem type; if that does not turn
up anything that looks familiar, mount will try to read the file
/etc/filesystems, or, if that does not exist,/proc/filesystems.
All of the filesystem types listed there will be tried, except
for those that are labelednodev(e.g.devpts,procandnfs).
If/etc/filesystemsends in a line with a single*,mountwill
read/proc/filesystemsafterwards. While trying, all filesystem
types will be mounted with the mount optionsilent.
So just create a file /etc/filesystems containing something like this:
ext4
ext3
ext2
vfat
msdos
ntfs
iso9660
ufs
xfs
Add more filetypes if you need. Then you can use type auto in fstab.
answered Oct 11 '17 at 13:54
SatÃ…Â Katsura
10.7k11533
@Sato Katsura - thanks for your interest in responding to my question. I do have the/etc/filesystemsfile that contains ext2 and vfat entries, yet fstab with auto entry gives error suach as "bad superblock..." if usingmountcommand without -t option. Thecat /proc/filesystemshows only filesystems currently used by mounted devices. This problem happens only with/dev/fd0; I can mount auto sda devices (usb sticks formatted either vfat or ext2). Strange behavior for fd0?
– Janos
Oct 18 '17 at 15:19
@Janos The order is important, the entries are tried in order. Ifmsdoscomes beforevfatand you try to mount avfatfilesystem you'll get an error, because the filesystems are similar enough formsdosto match.
– SatÅ Katsura
Oct 18 '17 at 15:31
@sato Katsura - it works now! Thanks again, Janos
– Janos
Oct 20 '17 at 2:14
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
accepted
From man 8 mount on Linux:
If no
-toption is given, or if theautotype is specified,
mount will try to guess the desired type. Mount uses theblkid
library for guessing the filesystem type; if that does not turn
up anything that looks familiar, mount will try to read the file
/etc/filesystems, or, if that does not exist,/proc/filesystems.
All of the filesystem types listed there will be tried, except
for those that are labelednodev(e.g.devpts,procandnfs).
If/etc/filesystemsends in a line with a single*,mountwill
read/proc/filesystemsafterwards. While trying, all filesystem
types will be mounted with the mount optionsilent.
So just create a file /etc/filesystems containing something like this:
ext4
ext3
ext2
vfat
msdos
ntfs
iso9660
ufs
xfs
Add more filetypes if you need. Then you can use type auto in fstab.
answered Oct 11 '17 at 13:54
SatÃ…Â Katsura
10.7k11533
@Sato Katsura - thanks for your interest in responding to my question. I do have the/etc/filesystemsfile that contains ext2 and vfat entries, yet fstab with auto entry gives error suach as "bad superblock..." if usingmountcommand without -t option. Thecat /proc/filesystemshows only filesystems currently used by mounted devices. This problem happens only with/dev/fd0; I can mount auto sda devices (usb sticks formatted either vfat or ext2). Strange behavior for fd0?
– Janos
Oct 18 '17 at 15:19
@Janos The order is important, the entries are tried in order. Ifmsdoscomes beforevfatand you try to mount avfatfilesystem you'll get an error, because the filesystems are similar enough formsdosto match.
– SatÅ Katsura
Oct 18 '17 at 15:31
@sato Katsura - it works now! Thanks again, Janos
– Janos
Oct 20 '17 at 2:14
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
accepted
up vote
0
down vote
accepted
From man 8 mount on Linux:
If no
-toption is given, or if theautotype is specified,
mount will try to guess the desired type. Mount uses theblkid
library for guessing the filesystem type; if that does not turn
up anything that looks familiar, mount will try to read the file
/etc/filesystems, or, if that does not exist,/proc/filesystems.
All of the filesystem types listed there will be tried, except
for those that are labelednodev(e.g.devpts,procandnfs).
If/etc/filesystemsends in a line with a single*,mountwill
read/proc/filesystemsafterwards. While trying, all filesystem
types will be mounted with the mount optionsilent.
So just create a file /etc/filesystems containing something like this:
ext4
ext3
ext2
vfat
msdos
ntfs
iso9660
ufs
xfs
Add more filetypes if you need. Then you can use type auto in fstab.
answered Oct 11 '17 at 13:54
SatÃ…Â Katsura
10.7k11533
From man 8 mount on Linux:
If no
-toption is given, or if theautotype is specified,
mount will try to guess the desired type. Mount uses theblkid
library for guessing the filesystem type; if that does not turn
up anything that looks familiar, mount will try to read the file
/etc/filesystems, or, if that does not exist,/proc/filesystems.
All of the filesystem types listed there will be tried, except
for those that are labelednodev(e.g.devpts,procandnfs).
If/etc/filesystemsends in a line with a single*,mountwill
read/proc/filesystemsafterwards. While trying, all filesystem
types will be mounted with the mount optionsilent.
So just create a file /etc/filesystems containing something like this:
ext4
ext3
ext2
vfat
msdos
ntfs
iso9660
ufs
xfs
Add more filetypes if you need. Then you can use type auto in fstab.
answered Oct 11 '17 at 13:54
SatÃ…Â Katsura
10.7k11533
edited Oct 11 '17 at 14:24
answered Oct 11 '17 at 13:54
SatÃ…Â Katsura
10.7k11533
answered Oct 11 '17 at 13:54
SatÃ…Â Katsura
10.7k11533
answered Oct 11 '17 at 13:54
SatÃ…Â Katsura
10.7k11533
10.7k11533
@Sato Katsura - thanks for your interest in responding to my question. I do have the/etc/filesystemsfile that contains ext2 and vfat entries, yet fstab with auto entry gives error suach as "bad superblock..." if usingmountcommand without -t option. Thecat /proc/filesystemshows only filesystems currently used by mounted devices. This problem happens only with/dev/fd0; I can mount auto sda devices (usb sticks formatted either vfat or ext2). Strange behavior for fd0?
– Janos
Oct 18 '17 at 15:19
@Janos The order is important, the entries are tried in order. Ifmsdoscomes beforevfatand you try to mount avfatfilesystem you'll get an error, because the filesystems are similar enough formsdosto match.
– SatÅ Katsura
Oct 18 '17 at 15:31
@sato Katsura - it works now! Thanks again, Janos
– Janos
Oct 20 '17 at 2:14
add a comment |Â
@Sato Katsura - thanks for your interest in responding to my question. I do have the/etc/filesystemsfile that contains ext2 and vfat entries, yet fstab with auto entry gives error suach as "bad superblock..." if usingmountcommand without -t option. Thecat /proc/filesystemshows only filesystems currently used by mounted devices. This problem happens only with/dev/fd0; I can mount auto sda devices (usb sticks formatted either vfat or ext2). Strange behavior for fd0?
– Janos
Oct 18 '17 at 15:19
@Janos The order is important, the entries are tried in order. Ifmsdoscomes beforevfatand you try to mount avfatfilesystem you'll get an error, because the filesystems are similar enough formsdosto match.
– SatÅ Katsura
Oct 18 '17 at 15:31
@sato Katsura - it works now! Thanks again, Janos
– Janos
Oct 20 '17 at 2:14
@Sato Katsura - thanks for your interest in responding to my question. I do have the
/etc/filesystems file that contains ext2 and vfat entries, yet fstab with auto entry gives error suach as "bad superblock..." if using mount command without -t option. The cat /proc/filesystem shows only filesystems currently used by mounted devices. This problem happens only with /dev/fd0; I can mount auto sda devices (usb sticks formatted either vfat or ext2). Strange behavior for fd0?– Janos
Oct 18 '17 at 15:19
@Sato Katsura - thanks for your interest in responding to my question. I do have the
/etc/filesystems file that contains ext2 and vfat entries, yet fstab with auto entry gives error suach as "bad superblock..." if using mount command without -t option. The cat /proc/filesystem shows only filesystems currently used by mounted devices. This problem happens only with /dev/fd0; I can mount auto sda devices (usb sticks formatted either vfat or ext2). Strange behavior for fd0?– Janos
Oct 18 '17 at 15:19
@Janos The order is important, the entries are tried in order. If
msdos comes before vfat and you try to mount a vfat filesystem you'll get an error, because the filesystems are similar enough for msdos to match.– SatÅ Katsura
Oct 18 '17 at 15:31
@Janos The order is important, the entries are tried in order. If
msdos comes before vfat and you try to mount a vfat filesystem you'll get an error, because the filesystems are similar enough for msdos to match.– SatÅ Katsura
Oct 18 '17 at 15:31
@sato Katsura - it works now! Thanks again, Janos
– Janos
Oct 20 '17 at 2:14
@sato Katsura - it works now! Thanks again, Janos
– Janos
Oct 20 '17 at 2:14
add a comment |Â
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2funix.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f397465%2ffloppy-fstab-entry-for-vfat-and-ext%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
