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Re: using mount

On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, David A. Gatwood wrote:

> On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Markus Hitter wrote:
>
> > Nobile:~$ ls /sbin/mount*
> > /sbin/mount /sbin/mount_devfs /sbin/mount_msdos
> > /sbin/mount_udf
> > /sbin/mount_afp /sbin/mount_fdesc /sbin/mount_nfs
> > /sbin/mount_volfs
> > /sbin/mount_cd9660 /sbin/mount_hfs /sbin/mount_smbfs
> > /sbin/mount_webdav
> > /sbin/mount_cddafs /sbin/mount_mfs /sbin/mount_synthfs
> >
> >
> > IMHO too, mount/umount should be safe to use even on OS X. Can't
> > see what's wrong when it does.
>
> Well, for one, mount is really mount_ffs. At least on Mac OS X, it
> doesn't pass through to other file systems in my experience. Or if it
> does, it doesn't do so reliably. Really, mount should be renamed
> mount_ffs and a new mount wrapper binary should be added that calls
> disktool with appropriate arguments. Just my $0.02.

Wait a sec, correction. It only works if autodiskmount is running? And
you're not supposed to use them if you're running autodiskmount? Ah,
sweet irony. ;-)


David

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