[plug] mounting query

[Kim Covil]

> On booting, in the output from the bootup, is the error message:
> Mounting other file systems mount: mount point /mnt/data does not exist
> <FAIL>
> 
> Can someone please tell me what is wrong, and, how to correct it?

You need to mkdir /mnt/data before trying to mount anything on it...

> In case anyone is wondering why I am using the most inefficient
> filesystem type for the data, I have multiple booting; Win98, WinNT, and
> Linux, and it is the only filesystem type, that can be read by all three
> operating systems (as far as I know). This allows me to access the data,
> regardless of the OS that I am using (provided that I can mount the
> partition).

I would change the type to vfat rather than msdos as you will then have
access to long filenames under Linux...

Cheers

Kim
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