Your explanation is lucid, thank you. I had never received such messages from
the 1.4.2 kernel and did not know (as Gillham noted) that, 'sd0: no disk label',
was simply information, rather than an error.

Bill



Ben Bogart - FMPM/F1999 wrote:

> mount -t msdos  /dev/sd0h       /mnt
>
> ^Command        ^Device         ^Mount Point
>
> the mount command "mounts" the specified device onto a directory in the
> filesystem. The "/mnt" is the mountpoint for this command so the
> filesystem of the device "/dev/sd0h" is availible through the "/mnt"
> directory.
>
> If you imagine the filesystem as being a house and the mountpoint as a
> door this could clarify. The mountpoint is empty (before the mount) so
> the door just leads outside. When you mount a device this adds a new room
> onto the house on the other side of that door. After the mount command
> the door now leads out onto a new room, which is the filesystem for the
> mounted device. Now you can go into that filesystem by going though the
> door (cd /mnt).
>
> I hope that helped clarify things a bit.
>
> Ben Bogart
>
>  On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Bill Hudspeth wrote:
>
> > /mnt does exist. Interestingly, after leaving the NetBSD machine alone
> > for a period,
> > your question prompted me to try:
> >
> > ls  mnt
> >
> >
> > and I immediately received a directory for the zip. I don't understand,
> > but will do
> > some more exploration.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Andrew Gillham wrote:
> >
> > > From: "Bill Hudspeth" <wjhud@jps.net>:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > mount -t msdos /dev/sd0h  /mnt
> > > >
> > > > 1.5 answered:  'mount_msdos: /dev/sd0h on /mnt' no such file or
> > > > directory
> > >
> > > Does /mnt exist?  Does /dev/sd0h exist?  Usually this is from
> > > trying to mount onto a nonexistent directory.
> > >
> > > I am using a ZIP disk with a 1.5.1_ALPHA kernel.  I'm able to
> > > use the ZIP as root & swap without any problems. (other than the
> > > obvious performance and capacity issues)
> > >
> > > -Andrew
> >
> >
>
> B. Bogart
> Convergent Media Designer
> --------------------------
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