On Thursday 21 March 2002 17:40, you wrote: > I did all you recommended (including the chown)... > > root.drewvogel:~$ mknod /dev/sda4 b 8 4 > root.drewvogel:~$ chown drewvogel.disc /dev/sda4 > chown: `drewvogel.disc': invalid user > root.drewvogel:~$ chmod 0666 /dev/sda4 > root.drewvogel:~$ ls -l /dev/sda4 > 0 brw-rw-rw- 1 root root 8, 4 Mar 21 18:37 /dev/sda4 > root.drewvogel:~$ > root.drewvogel:~$ ls -l /dev/sda > 0 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Mar 21 18:05 /dev/sda -> > scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc > root.drewvogel:~$ ls -l /dev/hd* > 0 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 32 Mar 21 18:03 /dev/hda -> > ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc > 0 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Mar 21 18:03 /dev/hda1 -> > ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 > 0 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Mar 21 18:03 /dev/hda2 -> > ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 > 0 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Mar 21 18:03 /dev/hda5 -> > ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 > 0 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Mar 21 18:03 /dev/hda6 -> > ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 > 0 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 32 Mar 21 18:03 /dev/hdb -> > ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/disc > 0 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Mar 21 18:03 /dev/hdb1 -> > ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1 > 0 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 30 Mar 21 18:03 /dev/hdc -> > ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd > > /dev/hdd: > total 0 > > /dev/hdd4: > total 0 > root.drewvogel:~$ > > STRANGE! > > Just to review... > FSTAB: > /dev/hda1 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda6 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 > /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto > iocharset=iso8859-1,rw,nosuid,noauto,user,exec,codepage=850,nodev 0 0 > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto > iocharset=iso8859-1,rw,sync,nosuid,exec,user,noauto,nodev,codepage=850,unhi >d e 0 0 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > /dev/hdb1 /var ext2 defaults 1 2 > /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 > /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip auto > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 > > LILO.CONF: > > boot=/dev/hda > map=/boot/map > install=/boot/boot.b > vga=normal > default=linux > keytable=/boot/us.klt > lba32 > prompt > timeout=50 > message=/boot/message > menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label=linux > root=/dev/hda1 > append=" devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi" > read-only > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label=failsafe > root=/dev/hda1 > append=" devfs=mount failsafe" > read-only > other=/dev/fd0 > label=floppy > unsafe <snip>
One last thing, not sure of it but in my LILO I have in the append line "devfs=nomount" instead of "devfs=mount". The mount line seems to cause some of us problems, so try the nomount and that takes me to out of ideas. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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