lets see if this makes it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Howell" <n3byy@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 4:25 PM Subject: invalid block device > Well I can't say what is going on, but perhaps someone will know what has > happend.<G> > I can't mount floppies or cdroms. I keep getting for example, /dev/hdd is an > invalid block device. > > I have both floppy support and ide cdrom support compiled as modules. I am > certain they are loading, but of course will double check to be sure I > didn't miss something. > btw, silly question, but could Linux give an improper indication of memory? > I get upon bootup that I only have 64mb of ram when there is 128mb ram in > the box. > I am sure this is some bios configuration problem that I havent' been able > to track down, but just want to cover all bases. > oh, its an ami bios if that makes any difference. Motherboard is new, like a > week or so old. > > tnx > >
