Hi, Shouldn't that be mknod /dev/hda b 3 0 mknod /dev/hdb b 3 1 How do the name and type values relate to the disk being used? Even if I do that, I get a "hdb is neither a scsi or ide drive" message. AND I still get an "unable to open hda" "unable to open hdb" on alt-f3. Thanks, Blair. On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 13:26, Philip Rowlands wrote: > On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Blair Lowe wrote: > > >I tried "fdisk /dev/hda" but that resulted in "unable to open /dev/hda". > > > >Then I tried "fdisk hda" and of course that did not work either: infact > >there are no hd* devices during kickstart pre. > > There's no populated /dev, but you can create one: > > mknod /dev/hda b 3 0 > mknod /dev/hda1 b 3 1 > > # create primary partition 1, full disk, make active, write > fdisk /dev/hda <<XXX > o > n > p > 1 > 1 > > t > 1 > 6 > a > 1 > w > XXX > > > > Cheers, > Phil > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
