no priveleges to use options to mount floppy?

Maxim Vetrov muxas at mail.ru
Thu Oct 4 06:08:06 PDT 2007


Maxim Vetrov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Mounting floppy I get this error:
>
> ** (gnome-mount:25626): WARNING **: Mount failed for 
> /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_1440_KB_3_5__drive
> org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.InvalidMountOption : The option 
> '-u=0' is not allowed for uid=0
>
> Whatever user I try, the result is the same.
> The relevant commands&daemons output is attached. Is there any way I 
> can cope with this?
>
> Muxas
The solution is so simple! :-) Probably, it should be mentioned the 
FreeBSD GNOME FAQ. Just for the record:
    Set 'filesystem' to 'vfat' in the drive tab in floppy drive 
properties page.

Muxas

P.S. IMHO, desktop-oriented FreeBSD really needs mount command with 
filesystem autodetection feature


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