problem with chmod

[Bret Busby]

On Mon, 6 Apr 2009, Derek Broughton wrote:

> 
> 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
>

<sigh> .....

And, to do that, I do what?

What explicit?

<sigh> It is like trying to get blood out of a stone...

--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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"So once you do know what the question actually is,
  you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
   Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
   "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
   A Trilogy In Four Parts",
   written by Douglas Adams,
   published by Pan Books, 1992

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