Re: HELP! Can't mount my hard disk :-0

2005-05-13 Thread Erik Chakravarty
Yes of course it's a block device. being silly thanks v much is the first device on the IDE bus always major number 3? (i.e. hda) and then the partition number would be the same as the minor number? Thanks again, saved life. E Quoting Johannes Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, 2005-05-1

Re: HELP! Can't mount my hard disk :-0

2005-05-13 Thread Johannes Berg
On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 17:13 +0100, Erik Chakravarty wrote: > Can anyone tell me quickly what the major and minor numbers for my > main ext3 > partition should be if it's hda6? I have to create the character > devices so I > can mount the disk and sort out my kernel images. johannes:~$ ll /dev/hda

HELP! Can't mount my hard disk :-0

2005-05-13 Thread Erik Chakravarty
Hi there A mistake during a kernel upgrade means I need to use the console from a debian-netinst disc to get access to the machine because I ballsed up the bootloader. Can anyone tell me quickly what the major and minor numbers for my main ext3 partition should be if it's hda6? I have to create