Subject: Re: mount checking disklabel for filesystem types
To: None <abs@purplei.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: tech-misc
Date: 09/16/2000 16:50:46
On Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 12:27:13AM +0100, abs@purplei.com wrote:
> 	Having to type 'mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0a /mnt' rather than
> 		       'mount /dev/cd0a /mnt' always annoys me :)
> 
> 	The diffs to have mount check disklabel for a filesystem type
> 	_only_ in the case where both device and mountpoint are specified
> 	without -t are quite small - attached below.
> 
> 	Is there any reason why something like this isn't in the
> 	tree, and if not, does the following look reasonable?

Looks good, I've been thinking about doing something liek this for some time
now.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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