Re: mounting on /mnt is failing

From: Martin Fluch (fluch_at_rock.helsinki.fi)
Date: 11/22/04

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    To: Robert Vangel <vangelr@rfgt.net>
    
    

    Actually the message tells, that the mount point "/mnt/point" does not
    exists. If this directory does not exists at the time the mount command is
    issued, then mount fails. Create the directory with

        mkdir /mnt/point

    and then mount the file system as before.

    - Martin

    On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Robert Vangel wrote:

    > What about doing it as root, not through sudo
    >
    > # mount [...]
    >
    > or
    >
    > $ su -c 'mount -o loop -t iso9660 isofile.iso /mnt/point'
    >
    > nornagon wrote:
    >> I just want to mount some temporary fses, but mount seems not to want to.
    >>
    >> $ sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 isofile.iso /mnt/point
    >> mount: mount point /mnt/point does not exist
    >>
    >> Any clues?
    >

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