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Thank you VERY much for your reply. I seem to be having a problem in selecting a correct mount point. As you can see in the results below. Of course, the /mnt directory is IN the original cramfs, so the read-only result makes sense.
Code:
# ls /tmp
cram0 ifstate log messages mnt
# rm -rf mnt
# ls
cram0 ifstate log messages
# mount -t cramfs /tmp/cram0 /mnt
mount: Mounting /tmp/cram0 on /mnt failed: Block device required
# mkdir /mnt/cram0
mkdir: Cannot create directory `/mnt/cram0': Read-only file system
# mkdir /tmp/crammountpoint
# mount -t cramfs /tmp/cram0 /tmp/crammountpoint
mount: Mounting /tmp/cram0 on /tmp/crammountpoint failed: Block device required
What does this "Block Device required" result mean though?
Thanks - Mike
Oh, sorry, I forgot. The command is more like this:
Code:
mount -t cramfs -o loop /tmp/cram0 /tmp/crammountpoint
The -o loop tells the mount command that this is a file, not a physical device, that's what it meant by "Block Device Required". Also, I don't know what you're using it for, but it's more canonical to put mountpoints under /mnt or /media. It's not the only right way, just the canonical, "normal" way.
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