-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2006-01-22 at 16:59 -0500, Joe G wrote:
linux:/dev # mknod sda4b 8 4 mknod: missing operand after `4'
mknod sda4 b 8 4 An space missing. The rest will fail.
linux:/dev # mknod sda4 b 8 4
Ah, ok.
linux:/dev # chmod u+r+w,g+r+w sda4 linux:/dev # chown rootdisk sda4 chown: `rootdisk': invalid user
chown root:disk sda4
linux:/dev # mount /dev/sda4 mount: /dev/sda4 is not a valid block device
Of course, it is "mount /mnt/zip100.0".
linux:/dev # lsmod | grep -e "ppa\|imm" ppa 12296 0 <=============== scsi_mod 131304 2 sd_mod,ppa parport 33864 3 ppa,parport_pc,lp linux:/dev # modprobe ppa
Don't modprobe it, it is already there. Device was not created properly. Do this: nimrodel:~ # ls -l /dev/sda4 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 4 Oct 7 02:48 /dev/sda4 If the device node is not exactly as above (except the date), delete and redo. And watch your typing! - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFD1BKjtTMYHG2NR9URApVxAKCH5rPTyohJyZHMf82Aez9WnCt0NQCfTUjd vC8DIgEOHDF76NgbxeYlnyc= =FPx/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----