question about device files

[user222]

How do I mount a device if it doesn't exist in "/etc/fstab" or "/etc/mtab"?

[sdousley]

you need to do:

mount /dev/<partition> /mnt/point

where partition is something like hda1 for primary master partition 1 etc. and /mnt point is a valid directory where you want it mounting.

[user222]

you need to do:

mount /dev/<partition> /mnt/point

where partition is something like hda1 for primary master partition 1 etc. and /mnt point is a valid directory where you want it mounting.

I'm using the Xwoaf boot floppy.

I got this:

Mounting /dev/hda1 on /mnt/hda1 failed: Block device required

I did create the "/mnt/hda1" directory.

[sdousley]

ok, that looks more like it's not recognisec hda1 for some reason.....

i have never heard of Xwoaf tbh, what is it?

if fdisk -l outputs anything, could u post that?

[user222]

ok, that looks more like it's not recognisec hda1 for some reason.....

i have never heard of Xwoaf tbh, what is it?

if fdisk -l outputs anything, could u post that?

here's the homepage of Xwoaf:
http://modest-proposals.com/Hacklin.htm

[sdousley]

I'm sorry, i'm beat here, i searched the net, and the only thing i found was to edit the fstab and mount it using mount -a

found this:

Hint: use 'e' or 'vi' to edit /etc/fstab for the appropriate /dev/hdxx
device type to mount on directory /d, mkdir /d, mount -a and then
copy your files. NOTE! If you are using the e3 editor, pay attention.
Invoking it as vi does not change the key bindings from the default
WordStar set. Use Alt-h to get a help screen.

from here

[zeeone]

The mount point should be for your floppy disk, that is how you are runing your system, form the floppy? If you are trying to access the HD, have you formatted it yet?

[scm]

If you had to create /dev/hda1 it's not the device to use! Did you use mknod(1) to create it? Your floppy will probably be /dev/fd0. Use "ls -l /dev/fd0" to make sure it exists and has a 'b' at the start of its permissions:

brw-rw---- 1 scm floppy 2, 0 Feb 23 2004 /dev/fd0

Your mount command then becomes "mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy".

Good luck!

Steve