Re: How to add an fstab entry?
From: Baho Utot (baho-utot_at_philippines-island.org)
Date: 02/22/04
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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 22:17:15 GMT
Joe Ready wrote:
> I have been having problems getting a Redhat Linux 9.0 system to allow
> me to mount either a second hard drive or a USB Thumbdrive. The
> second hard drive is recognized in the hardware browser and the 2
> partitions I created with fdisk display correctly. The USB drive is
> recognized in the hardware brower but is not partitioned. Neither of
> these devices, however, is mountable. In both cases a mount command
> gets the error "no such file or directory in /ect/fstab. What do I
> have to do to add these devices to fstab and make them mountable? Are
> there any tools in Redhat 9.0 to do this?
>
How are you trying to mount the drives.
If your doing it from CLI then post the command line so we can see what your
doin.
> The machine Redhat is loaded on is a "Frankenputer" that has been
> assembled from the bottom of my spare parts drawer. The second hard
> drive is a 4.0 GB IBM that orginally came from a Toshiba laptop
> modified to use in a desktop computer (ie. IDE cable and power
> adpater). fdisk reports that the drive has 7944 cylinders and since
> it is greater that 1024 may cause problems with some applications. Is
> my problem possibly that this drive is not natively supported under
> Redhat 9.0 kernel?
Probally not. Where is the drive positioned?
Primary master/slave
Secondary master/slave ?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
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