On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Charles Muller wrote: > I finally wiped Windows off of my Thinkpad and installed RH 8.0. Most > things went well (I'm mailing from it now), but I'm having trouble > getting my IO Data USB hard drive mounted. I have been doing this with > no trouble on my Dell desktop using the below command in FSTAB > > /dev/sda5 /mnt/win_h vfat noauto,owner 0 0 > > and then invoking > > mount -o uid=root,gid=root /mnt/win_h > > I have /mnt/win_h created with the right permissions, but when I try > to do this, I get > > [root@localhost chuck]# mount -o uid=root,gid=root /mnt/win_h > mount: /dev/sda5 is not a valid block device > > I tried changing sda5 to sda1 (guessing, because I can't get the right > label thus far in RH Hardware Browser). It doesn't show up under > "Hard Drives" but it does show up under "system devices." > > Does anyone have an idea what I am missing here?
I've never used USB, but I'd bet dollars to donuts that /dev/sda5 is the first part of the extended partition on a SCSI drive :) You just need to find what device to use. It's probably something under the /dev/usb/ directory. -- \ \/ / _ |~\ _ In God We Trust. All Others Pay Cash. > < / \|\ /|+-< | | "The world is a comedy to those that think, / /\ \\_/| \/ ||__)|_| a tragedy to those who feel." - Horace Walpole -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
