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Re: Newbie Screws Up
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Duquette)
Wed Dec 2 18:46:46 1998
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Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 18:53:32 -0500
From: John Duquette <jduquette@icsa.net>
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> Well, I wonder what I did wrong. I can't get access to any msdos
> partitions. I've had access before, although I always had to run
> linuxconf to get them going. Now when I run linuxconf, the error log
> says the msdos partitions are already mounted or busy. However, an ls
> shows them to be empty (and they're not).
>
> I'm logging in as root (I've got goodies to install, and now I can't
> get to them!).
>
> I suspect it has something to do with user settings, because now I
> can't print either. I get an error that lpd isn't recognized or
> something.
>
> "mount -t msdos" returns for the "scratch" drive:
> /dev/hdb8 on /scratch type msdos (rw, uid=0, perm=0)
>
> With Windows, if things get this bad it usually means reinstalling the
> OS. I suspect that isn't necessary here, but I don't have a clue
> where to begin. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Lane
>
> ----
> Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
I'm not sure what your fstab looks like but mine reads:
/dev/hda1 /dos vfat user,exec,dev,suid,rw,uid=500,gid=100 1 1
and /dos mounts and unmounts fine
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John Duquette | "It is harder to preserve than to
Field Security Analyst | obtain liberty"
ICSA Inc. |
| - John C. Calhoun
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