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To: Michael Zhu <mylinuxk@yahoo.ca>
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Subject: Re: About Loop Device
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From: Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com>
Date: 09 Jan 2002 12:04:52 -0500
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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
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