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Article:		Using and Customizing Knoppix
Subject:		mount: you must specify the filesystem type
Date:		2003-12-27 22:04:58
From:		anonymous2
You instruction # mount /dev/loop0 /mnt/floppy/ fails with: mount: you must specify the filesystem type What type should I use for a loop device? Patrick p at patrick.net

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• mount: you must specify the filesystem type
  2003-12-30 12:10:00  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  yes you have to pass an option to the mount command telling it to mount it as the loopdevice. type this
  
  mount -o loop /dev/loop0 /mnt/floppy
  
  zaeem at linux dot net dot pk
• mount: you must specify the filesystem type
  2004-01-22 01:40:02  mvitero [View]
  
  
  what should be the option for this instruction:
  
  # mount /dev/fd0/ /mnt/floppy/
  
  it has the same error as
  mount: you must specify the filesystem type
• mount: you must specify the filesystem type
  2005-04-03 21:11:56  Johncc [View]
  
  
  Doesn't seem to work for me:
  
  root@on6jc:/cd# mount -o loop /dev/loop0 /mnt/floppy/
  mount: you must specify the filesystem type
  
  (the losetup was accepted without problem)
  
  Also, there is no boot.img on the 3.7 Knoppix disk. I suspect it's the largest file - called KNOPPIX. (that's the one I losetup'd)
  
  John