From: evansmp@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Evans) Subject: Re: cannot mount /dev/had9 Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 14:00:11 GMT
Andreas Billo (andreas@miro.nlp.physik.th-darmstadt.de) wrote:
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: Hello Linuxers,
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: The fstab looks like
: /dev/hda6 / minix defaults
: /dev/hda7 /usr/X386 minix defaults
: /dev/hda8 /home minix defaults
: /dev/hda9 /start minix defaults
: /dev/hda5 none swap defaults
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: During the startup we get the error message
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: /dev/hda7 on /usr/X386 type minix (defaults)
: /dev/hda8 on /home type minix (defaults)
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: mount: unknown error 26240
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: Adding swap 8244k swap space
: /etc/inet/rc.net: softland ......
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: The directory /start exists !
: Why can't linux mount /dev/hda9 on /start ????
You to create /dev/hda9
Use mknod.
The standard distributions only have devices for 4 primary and 4 logical
partitions.
maybe this SHOULD be in the FAQ.