problem with chmod

[Derek Broughton]

Bret Busby wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Apr 2009, Thorny wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:00:40 +0800, Bret Busby posted:
>>
>>> On Sun, 5 Apr 2009, Thorny wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 05:52:53 -0700, Thorny posted: [...]
>>>>
>>>> I just thought of something I haven't yet asked you. You did create the
>>>> mount points in your filesystem before trying to mount them, didn't
>>>> you, or are you expecting them to be created from the info in fstab?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> No.
>>>
>>> I figured that that would be done on rebooting, after putting the new
>>> entries in the fstab file.
>>>
>>
>> You don't still figure that, do you?
>>
>> This quote from your sig is highly appropriate. And, as I have mentioned
>> to you previously, I am an Adams fan.
>>> "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the
>>> answer means."
>>
>>
> 
> It may be alright to refer to my signature cited proverb, but that does
> not answer the question; what do I need to do, to get those partitions
> mounted and accessible, as I have specified?
> 
> There.
> 
> That is the question.
> 
> What is the answer?

<sigh> I thought he was pretty explicit - you haven't created the required
mount points, so it can't possibly mount anything there.
-- 
derek