diff --git a/chapter02/mounting.xml b/chapter02/mounting.xml
index 2d081fc79..3572e1861 100644
--- a/chapter02/mounting.xml
+++ b/chapter02/mounting.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   running:</para>
 
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -pv $LFS
-mount -v /dev/<replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable> $LFS</userinput></screen>
+mount -v -t ext3 /dev/<replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable> $LFS</userinput></screen>
 
   <para>Replace <replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable> with the designation of the LFS
   partition.</para>
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ mount -v /dev/<replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable> $LFS</userinput></screen>
   class="directory">/usr</filename>), mount them using:</para>
 
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -pv $LFS
-mount -v /dev/<replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable> $LFS
+mount -v -t ext3 /dev/<replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable> $LFS
 mkdir -v $LFS/usr
-mount -v /dev/<replaceable>&lt;yyy&gt;</replaceable> $LFS/usr</userinput></screen>
+mount -v -t ext3 /dev/<replaceable>&lt;yyy&gt;</replaceable> $LFS/usr</userinput></screen>
 
   <para>Replace <replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable> and
   <replaceable>&lt;yyy&gt;</replaceable> with the appropriate partition