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Offline frimical

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mount doesn't accept -L or -U options anymore?
« on: December 03, 2009, 05:17:11 PM »
any  reason?

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Re: mount doesn't accept -L or -U options anymore?
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2009, 05:27:48 PM »
I thought that older verssions used busybox mount too...
ok, thanks

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Re: mount doesn't accept -L or -U options anymore?
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2009, 06:38:28 PM »
mount was gnu, umount was busybox, now both are busybox.

Both mount and umount can be used with labels or uuid via blkid e.g.,

mount `blkid -U 268E-89CB`  and  umount `blkid -U 268E-89CB`

mount `blkid -L tinycore` and  umount `blkid -L tinycore`
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Re: mount doesn't accept -L or -U options anymore?
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2009, 08:36:38 AM »
I  guessed that  we needed now to use blkid.
never mind,now  it's  clearer;   

thank  you