On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 14:35:21 -0500 "Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Charles... > > I got all excited when I read your email, so I tried it in a hurry, and got > the following... > > root.drewvogel:~$ cd /dev > root.drewvogel:/dev$ ./MAKEDEV sda\* > bash: ./MAKEDEV: No such file or directory > root.drewvogel:/dev$ > > So I tried... > > root.drewvogel:/dev$ locate MAKEDEV > /sbin/MAKEDEV > /usr/share/man/man8/MAKEDEV.8.bz2 > /usr/share/doc/MAKEDEV-3.2 > /usr/share/doc/MAKEDEV-3.2/COPYING > /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.4.8/video4linux/bttv/MAKEDEV > > So then I tried... > > root.drewvogel:/dev$ /sbin/MAKEDEV sda\* > don't know how to make device "sda*" > root.drewvogel:/dev$ > > Now I'm stumped again, but I do appreciate your help! > -andrew > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 1:36 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] ATAPI ZIP drive not working under LM8.1 > > > > > > On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:14:23 -0500 > > "Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Well, this is weird... I made the following changes to my system, > > > based on emails from Charles & Dennis... > > > * edited the line in /etc/fstab to read (notice that "rw" > > is removed): > > > /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip auto > > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 > > > > > > (now my /etc/fstab has the following lines for the ZIP drive: > > > /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip auto > > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 > > > /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip1 auto > > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 > > > ) > > > > > > * added the following append in /etc/lilo.conf (added the > > hdd=ide-floppy): > > > image=/boot/vmlinuz > > > label=linux > > > root=/dev/hda1 > > > append=" devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi" > > > read-only > > > > > > I then re-ran lilo without problems. When I got home last night, I > > > rebooted (with a known-good ZIP disk in the drive). Once the system > > > had booted, I logged in and typed: root.drewvogel:/usr/sbin$ mount > > > /mnt/zip > > > mount: /dev/hdd4 is not a block device > > root.drewvogel:/usr/sbin$ mount > > > /mnt/zip1 > > > mount: special device /dev/sda4 does not exist > > > > > > Andrew > > Run Hardrake and see how many listings there are for your Zip > > drive. It will be under the floppy heading. > > > > You should have 2. > > One as /dev/hdd and one as /dev/sda. > > > > If you only have the one, /dev/hdd then you will need to do > > the following. Open a terminal and su to root: > > > > # cd /dev > > # ./MAKEDEV sda\* > > > > Do not enter the # that is only a notation for the prompt. > > > > The above will create the special device files for sda and > > you should then be able to access your zip through sda4 using > > /mnt/zip1. > > > > Ok. The simple did not work. So lets do one that is a little harder, you'll have to use mknod. su to root and enter: #mknod /dev/sda4 b 8 4 next: #chmod 0666 /dev/sda4 next: #ls -l /dev/sda4 The last command should produce the following output for your system: [root@localhost charles]# ls -l /dev/sda4 brw------- 1 charles disk 8, 4 Mar 21 02:35 /dev/sda4 Now try to access your drive. Charles
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