Write Protected?

**bmxface** · 06-19-2003

unable to open /dev/hde thats all i get

**Dolda2000** · 06-19-2003

Could be that the installation program doesn't create a /dev/hde node. In that case, that's a bug in the installation program. Try this:

Code:

mknod /dev/hde b 33 0

Then try "fdisk /dev/hde" again.

**bmxface** · 06-19-2003

/dev/hde: file exists

....

**Dolda2000** · 06-19-2003

That's weird. Try "cat /dev/hde" and see exactly what error it returns.

**bmxface** · 06-19-2003

ok uymm where am i suppesed to type this? im doing it in Konsole on my desktop and im getting crazzy gibberish all over the place....verry fast too

**Dolda2000** · 06-19-2003

You were supposed to be using hde while installing. Wasn't that the problem originally?

**bmxface** · 06-20-2003

ok sorry. im losing it. i did it in the installer. and here is what was returned.

/dev/hde device not configured

**pimpetypimp** · 06-20-2003

Did it ask you to mount your drive or did it give you an option to mount.
You can try (if it lets you) to do a custom install it should ask you to mount it. If so do something like
mount /dev/hda1 / (other options)
sorry but I don't remember what to put their but someone else here should.

**bmxface** · 06-20-2003

nope no option to mount....this is really starting to annoy me....but you gotta give Dolda2000 lots of credit....helping everyone with a prblem it seems...your a great person

but another question i have is, why would Mandrake install just fine. and NOTHING else will. other then windows?

**Dolda2000** · 06-22-2003

Do you have an extra IDE controller card, or do you have one of those motherboards with four IDE busses?

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