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[Matrix Mole <matrixm AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, James Miller wrote:

> the problem with mc's ftp capabilities lies with the mount command.  My
> speculation is that I can't get ftp to work from mc is because it uses the
> full mount, which has the filesystem type ftpfs (mount -t ftpfs
> user:passwd AT IP.ofyour.ftp.server).  That's a bit of speculation on my part
> arrived at after seeing some error messages.  Maybe because the full mount
> is not included in BL3 mc can't run mount -t ftpfs?  Further feedback
> appreciated.

Why not use your tech cannibalistic skills to snag a full version of mount 
from SW3/4 (or was it another version for BL3). Although, it may be 
somethng to do with the kernel compile. I know that certain filesystems 
have to be supported by the kernel for the system to be mounted properly.

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