Mohanlal wrote: > How did you mount it? I mean, did you try to mount some FS. If yes, which > FS? I tried opening device (as in your application without mounting) and > it > works well i.e first time device opens and second time onward it fails to > open (and system continue to be up). I was mounted the device after making a FS on it using the command mke2fs. I could not understand your statement "first time device opens and second time onward it fails to open". Could you please explain the steps that are you doing? Thanks and Regards, Srinivas G -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/