Re: RH 9, /zip - not a valid block device

2003-07-14 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 12:26:26PM -0500, Wartnick, James wrote: > > It appears that this is a bug. Bug number: 91480 (bugzilla.redhat.com). Sorry for the late reply but I haven't been following the thread. What is the output of "fdisk -l /dev/sdc" ? Emmanuel -- redhat-list mailing list unsub

Re: RH 9, /zip - not a valid block device

2003-07-14 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi James, > It appears that this is a bug. Bug number: 91480 (bugzilla.redhat.com). > > Thanks for everyone's help. No workaround as of yet. Really? Did you try using /dev/sda1 as I suggested? Thanks. Bye, Leonard. -- How clean is a war when you shoot around nukelar waste? Stop the use of d

Re: RH 9, /zip - not a valid block device

2003-07-14 Thread Wartnick, James
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Re: RH 9, /zip - not a valid block device

2003-07-14 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi A., > Redhat sets it up as the 4th partition by default because that's the > default on Windoze. I suppose the assumption is a lot of linux users > will be reading Winders disks, or that they'll just reformat the drive > as-is instead of fixing it for their own use. Right. The disk and dri

Re: RH 9, /zip - not a valid block device

2003-07-12 Thread ABrady
On Sat July 12 2003 06:15 am, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Hi James, > > > /home>mount /zip > > mount: /dev/sdc4 is not a valid block device > > If the zip drive indeed is the third (pseudo) scsi device (/dev/sdc) > try changing /dev/sdc4 to /dev/sdc1 in /etc/fst

Re: RH 9, /zip - not a valid block device

2003-07-12 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi James, > /home>mount /zip > mount: /dev/sdc4 is not a valid block device If the zip drive indeed is the third (pseudo) scsi device (/dev/sdc) try changing /dev/sdc4 to /dev/sdc1 in /etc/fstab. I don't know why Red Hat automatically wants to use partition #4. Maybe it

Re: mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2003-07-11 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Shawn, > I need SCSI-emulation to burn a CD with a burner don't I? How can I check if I > have that? Indeed you need scsi emulation. That is why the symbolic link /dev/cdrom should be pointing to something like /dev/scd0, not to /dev/hdc. To make sure the ide-scsi module is loaded at boot

RH 9, /zip - not a valid block device

2003-07-11 Thread Wartnick, James
to mount the /zip drive I get the following message: /home>mount /zip mount: /dev/sdc4 is not a valid block device When the machine boots, it does recognize that /zip drive (see below) Jul 6 07:20:44 www kernel: SCSI device sdc: 196608 512-byte hdwr sectors (101 M B) Jul 6 07:20:44

Re: mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2003-07-11 Thread Shawn
Hello, In reference to the "driver not present" message I get in the output of dmesg, I need SCSI-emulation to burn a CD with a burner don't I? How can I check if I have that? (somewhat of a newby, haven't ever complied a kernel) I am guessing from the following and the info below that for s

Re: mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2003-07-11 Thread Shawn
Have you checked to see if /dev/cdrom is a dead symbolic link? well um (Newby here) clicking it brings me to /dev/hdc (ok brings me to a message that nautilus can't display that file), so I believe it to be alive or is my method of checking faulty? if I run: dmesg | less I find: hdc: SONY C

Re: mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2003-07-10 Thread Jake Johnson
I plop in a cd to make a backup, my system no longer > > recognizes the cdrom drive. > > > > mount /mnt/cdrom > > mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device > > > > (used to be automatic anyway...) > > > > I am hoping that it's just a configurat

Re: mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2003-07-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 16:28, Shawn wrote: > Hello, > > For some reason when I plop in a cd to make a backup, my system no longer > recognizes the cdrom drive. > > mount /mnt/cdrom > mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device > > (used to be automatic anyway...)

mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2003-07-10 Thread Shawn
Hello, For some reason when I plop in a cd to make a backup, my system no longer recognizes the cdrom drive. mount /mnt/cdrom mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device (used to be automatic anyway...) I am hoping that it's just a configuration file matter. Anytips on what file I shou

Re: Valid Block

2002-12-29 Thread Mike Burger
w to linux, could you please explain this issue a bit > more?thanks > - Original Message - > From: "Mike Burger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 11:18 PM > Subject: Re: Valid Block > &

Re: Valid Block

2002-12-29 Thread Smith
Sorry, I'm very new to linux, could you please explain this issue a bit more?thanks - Original Message - From: "Mike Burger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 11:18 PM Subject: Re: Valid Block > To what is /

Re: Valid Block

2002-12-29 Thread Mike Burger
get an error message,"mount /dev/cdrom is not a >valid block device"..any suggestions would be great -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 -- redhat-list mail

Valid Block

2002-12-29 Thread Smith
Help...I just got my Red Hat Linux Version 7.2 going...and now when i try to access the Cd dirve..I get an error message,"mount /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device"..any suggestions would be great

Re: not a valid block device

2002-12-22 Thread Dale Satterfield
rect this? when trying to mount the cd-rom drive RH7.2 tells me it is 'not a valid block device' --- Glenn Bursell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hi all think i may have asked for help on this before. have forgetten..old age and brain overload... how can i make my cd-rom a valid

Re: not a valid block device

2002-12-22 Thread David Kramer
On Sunday 22 December 2002 06:27 pm, Glenn Bursell wrote: > Ummm so can anyone tell me how to correct this? > when trying to mount the cd-rom drive RH7.2 tells me > it is 'not a valid block device' Not unless you give us a lot more information. What command are you typing i

not a valid block device

2002-12-22 Thread Glenn Bursell
Ummm so can anyone tell me how to correct this? when trying to mount the cd-rom drive RH7.2 tells me it is 'not a valid block device' --- Glenn Bursell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi all > > think i may have asked for help on this before. > have forgetten..old age an

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2002-03-01 Thread Manuel A. Camacho Q.
Not a single error. Well, my laptop does not have a good sound system, so I don't load music CDs on it, but I have been installing software from various CDs, and everything is working fine. -Manuel. jmraz wrote: > * After the successful mount, and reboot, did you come across this > error ?

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2002-03-01 Thread jmraz
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Manuel Camacho wrote: > Thanks! > > I solved the issue with depmod -ae. But, for the records, the first > possible solution I got was: > > mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom AND > mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > > solved the error initially, BUT, after I reinstalle

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2002-03-01 Thread jmraz
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Manuel Camacho wrote: > Thanks! > > I solved the issue with depmod -ae. But, for the records, the first > possible solution I got was: > > mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom AND * issuing 'depmod -ae' then 'mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom' gave me "mount: block devi

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2002-02-28 Thread Manuel Camacho
Thanks! I solved the issue with depmod -ae. But, for the records, the first possible solution I got was: mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom AND mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom solved the error initially, BUT, after I reinstalled everything, it did not work (???, I installed the same

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2002-02-28 Thread Devon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 28 February 2002 03:59 pm, jmraz wrote: > On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Manuel Camacho wrote: > > When I issue mount /dev/cdrom, I am getting a "/dev/cdrom is not a > > valid block device error". > > * I've

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2002-02-28 Thread Trevor Hamm
On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 14:46, Manuel Camacho wrote: > Dear friends: > > I just installed RH 7.2 on my Laptop. > > When I issue mount /dev/cdrom, I am getting a "/dev/cdrom is not a valid > block device error". > > Any idea how can I fix this? > > TIA, &

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2002-02-28 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Manuel Camacho wrote: >When I issue mount /dev/cdrom, I am getting a "/dev/cdrom is not a valid >block device error". I don't know about the rest of y'all, but personally, I just change /etc/fstab such that /mnt/cdrom

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2002-02-28 Thread jmraz
On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Manuel Camacho wrote: > When I issue mount /dev/cdrom, I am getting a "/dev/cdrom is not a valid > block device error". * I've also encountered that problem on my cpaq1200xl125; cdrom won't mount AFTER rh7.2 (enigma) is installed. I've i

/dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2002-02-28 Thread Manuel Camacho
Dear friends: I just installed RH 7.2 on my Laptop. When I issue mount /dev/cdrom, I am getting a "/dev/cdrom is not a valid block device error". Any idea how can I fix this? TIA, -Manuel. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTEC