I'm running devfs=mount... What are the implications of changing it to =nomount? Will it break anything? If not, I'd be willing to try it.
Not completely sure if I will upgrade to 8.2. I want to get the current system running well, and then I will consider upgrading to the 8.2 PowerPack. > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 9:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] ATAPI ZIP drive not working under LM8.1 > > > On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 18:40:42 -0500 > "Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > We may want to slow down for a minute so that we do not screw > up your system too much. > > Are you running with devfs=mount or with devfs=nomount? > With =mount dev handles the loading of device modules, with > =nomount the kernel handles that task. I was able to get my > drive working with devfs=mount. > > Does ls -l /dev/sda give any out put? > > Are you planning to get 8.2.? > I am not trying to pass the buck, but devfs in 8.1 is pretty > flaky but in 8.2 it does the job as intended, though it was > necessary for me to edit fstab and create an entry for sda4, > but the block device itself was created so it was not > necessary to screw around with MAKEDEV or mknod. > > > Charles > >
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