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From: Andrea Monaco <andrea.monaco@autistici.org>
To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: mount: misleading and generic error when trying to mount bad image
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 16:03:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mtnamllk.fsf@autistici.org> (raw)


Hello,


whenever I try to mount a badly formatted image, like with

  # mount -o loop test.img /mnt/test

I get the error

  mount: /mnt/test: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
  /dev/loop0, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.


This message seems too vague to me.  Also, the error is about test.img
rather than /mnt/test, so why prefix the message with the mount point?

If you agree with my point, maybe I can work on improving those.



Let me know,

Andrea Monaco

                 reply	other threads:[~2021-10-15 14:13 UTC|newest]

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