Let's get some information first. How about doing an fdisk -l /dev/hda. What filesystem type did you setup on /dev/hda? Try doing an 'fsck /dev/hda3' first. Try mounting without using fstab: mount -t ext3 /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 >-----Original Message----- >From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On >Behalf Of Bob Goodwin >Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 5:29 PM >To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >Subject: /dev/hda3 is not a block device > >I have just reinstalled RH9 on /dev/hdb and would like to be able to >extract some configuration and data files from /hda3 which contained my >previous RH9 installation. However when I try to mount it I get an error >message: > ># mount /dev/hda3 >mount: /dev/hda3 is not a block device > >fdisk -p /dev/hda lists the partiton as still there. Nothing seems to >have changed on that drive. The new installation works fine but I would >like to be able to take a few files from the first drive. > >I created /mnt/hda3 and have messed with /etc/fstab but nothing seems to >help. There's something happening that I'm not aware of! My ignorance >is showing. Can anyone see what's wrong? > >Thank you. > >Bob Goodwin Zuni, Va. w2bod > > >-- >Shrike-list mailing list >Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
