corrected: mount vfat partition by "auto"

From: oleksandr korneta (mai11ist_at_fastmail.fm)
Date: 10/06/05

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    Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 19:48:46 -0400
    
    

    on 10/05/2005 12:48 PM Mike McGrath wrote:
    >
    > Automount and what goes in fstab are two separate entities. Automounted
    > file systems are controlled by the automount daemon (service autofs)
    > And are typically controlled by the file /etc/auto.master (do an ls
    > /etc/auto.*) Automount is typically used for remote file shares (like
    > network shares). Whereas fstab is used for local partitions. What
    > command are you running to mount /mnt/dwin and who are you running that
    > command as?
    sorry for confusing you Mike. What I really meant was mounting bu auto
    parameter from fstab. But you have shown me a direction where to look
    for the source of error "failed to mount /net/.directory". I didnt know
    about /etc/auto/mster before.

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    Oleksandr Korneta
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