On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Blair Lowe wrote:
>Shouldn't that be
>
>mknod /dev/hda b 3 0
>
>mknod /dev/hdb b 3 1
Not on my system:
$ grep hdb /etc/makedev.d/linux-2.4.x
b $STORAGE 3 64 1 33 hdb
or just consult the existing entries in /dev:
$ ls -l /dev/hda{,1}
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 0 Feb 23 21:02 /dev/hda
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 1 Feb 23 21:02 /dev/hda1
>How do the name and type values relate to the disk being used?
Not particularly obviously :)
>Even if I do that, I get a "hdb is neither a scsi or ide drive" message.
Did the mknod commands succeed? The special files still require the
relevent hardware behind to work. Does /proc/ide show the device(s)?
Cheers,
Phil
