Very good Carlos, you solved my problem and now I have my files back. Your help was clear and concise! Thank you. Bob Goodwin
Carlos Mora wrote:
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
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-----Original Message-----
From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]
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
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