core linux : mounting ' special device does not exist '
I think the title pretty much explains it. I thought I was doing well with the core linux install. Im just trying to mount 3 partitions. hda9,10,11.
so : mount /dev/hda9 /mnt/root and I get : special device /dev/hda9 doesnt exist Which is odd, it shows up fine in cfdisk and fdisk. But it is a logical partition, does it have to be primary ? |
Does the actual special file /dev/hda9 exist?
ls -l /dev/hda9 if not mknod /dev/hda9 b 3 9 |
/dev/hda9, the file ?, doesnt exist.
so I tried that mknod, which wont work as im running off a ram disk ( core linux install ). When I formated the partition : mke2fs /dev/hda9, I used another distro - bbc linux, as the mke2fs program with core linux didnt seem to work, it too couldent find /dev/hda9. |
Okay, well you need that special file.
if it does not exist you must create it. Mount your hardrive that you want to install from and mknod in the /dev/ diretory of that filesystem. From their webpage: "Core is primarily designed for experienced Linux users" Maybe core isn't for you. |
er, lol.. Im by far not an expert linux user, but look at my last post.
I currently CANT create the special file, as its a read only file system... Thats what I need to try and work around ? besides, I hate learning curves, if I get this working tonight, ill of evolved from a rhl wizard install to a full blown text base do it your self job. |
Are you trying to install core to hda9?
You can't really do that. You can sort of but you need a primary partition to boot from. |
does a primary partition have to be one of the first four partitions ?
I got mknod working, a created a node in /tmp. got though the install fine. Cheers. |
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