Sorry about the MAKEDEV hda. The spelling checker in the WINDOZ mailer changed it to had instead of hda. Carlos >-----Original Message----- >From: Carlos Mora >Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:24 AM >To: 'robert.goodwin2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'; 'shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx' >Cc: Carlos Mora >Subject: RE: /dev/hda3 is not a block device > >The /dev/hda* directory listing is the problem. Remove the directory >'/bin/rm -rf /dev/hda3'. Then do a /dev/MAKEDEV had > >That should remake all the hda device files and you should be ok at that >point. I would still do the fsck on /dev/hda3 and then mount it. > >Carlos > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Bob Goodwin [mailto:robert.goodwin2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] >>Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:15 AM >>To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>Cc: Carlos.Mora@xxxxxxx >>Subject: Re: /dev/hda3 is not a block device >> >>Carlos Mora wrote: >> >>>Let's get some information first. How about doing an fdisk -l /dev/hda. >>> >># fdisk -l /dev/hda >> >>Disk /dev/hda: 6850 MB, 6850206720 bytes >>255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 832 cylinders >>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes >> >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >>/dev/hda1 * 1 261 2096451 6 FAT16 >>/dev/hda2 262 274 104422+ 83 Linux >>/dev/hda3 275 767 3960022+ 83 Linux >>/dev/hda4 768 832 522112+ 5 Extended >>/dev/hda5 768 832 522081 82 Linux swap >> >>>What filesystem type did you setup on /dev/hda? >>> >>I had intended to include the "fstab" file but missed it. >> >># cat /etc/fstab >>LABEL=/1 / ext3 defaults 1 >1 >>LABEL=/boot1 /boot ext3 defaults 1 >2 >>none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 >0 >>none /proc proc defaults 0 >0 >>none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 >0 >>/dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 >0 >>/dev/hdb3 swap swap defaults 0 >0 >>/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 >>noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 >>/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto >>noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 >>/dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 auto defaults 0 >0 >>/dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 auto defaults 0 >0 >>/dev/hda1 /mnt/dos auto noauto,owner 0 >0 >> >>>Try doing an 'fsck /dev/hda3' first. >>> >># fsck /dev/hda3 >>fsck 1.32 (09-Nov-2002) >>Could not determine filesystem type for /dev/hda3 >>fsck: fsck.auto: not found >>fsck: Error 2 while executing fsck.auto for /dev/hda3 >> >>[I believe fsck wants an "ext2" file system and I think this was ext3.] >> >>>Try mounting without using fstab: mount -t ext3 /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 >>> >># mount -t ext3 /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 >>mount: /dev/hda3 is not a block device [Same problem "not a block >>device?] >> >>A directory listing. Notice that hda3 is listed separately at the bottom? >> >># ls -la /dev/hda* --color=never >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 0 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 1 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda1 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 10 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda10 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 11 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda11 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 12 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda12 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 13 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda13 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 14 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda14 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 15 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda15 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 16 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda16 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 17 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda17 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 18 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda18 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 19 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda19 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 2 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda2 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 20 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda20 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 21 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda21 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 22 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda22 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 23 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda23 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 24 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda24 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 25 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda25 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 26 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda26 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 27 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda27 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 28 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda28 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 29 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda29 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 30 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda30 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 31 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda31 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 32 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda32 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 4 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda4 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 5 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda5 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 6 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda6 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 7 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda7 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 8 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda8 >>brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 9 Jan 30 2003 /dev/hda9 >> >>/dev/hda3: >>total 124 >>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 29 17:05 . >>drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 118784 Mar 2 08:47 .. >> >> >>Directory listing for /mnt >> >># ls /mnt/ >>cdrom dos floppy hda2 hda3 >> >> >> >>Thanks, BobG >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>-----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
