Re: About Loop Device

Michael Zhu (mylinuxk@yahoo.ca)
Wed, 9 Jan 2002 12:13:15 -0500 (EST)


Can you explain that detailed for me? I mean the whole
command I can use to connect the loop device and the
floppy disk.

Thanks.

Michael

--- Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com> wrote:
> Michael Zhu <mylinuxk@yahoo.ca> writes:
>
> > Thanks for the reply. But when I try to use the
> > command "mount -o loop /dev/fd0 /floppy", the
> mount
> > returns an error saying "mount: you must specify
> the
> > filesystem type". What is wrong? Thanks.
>
> You probably want losetup(8) instead of mount.
>
> -Doug
> --
> Let us cross over the river, and rest under the
> shade of the trees.
> --T. J. Jackson, 1863

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