Gavin Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> hi,
> I just set up a couple of new scsi drives with diskdrake. I set up with one
> big partition each for testing.
>
> I can use them - read/write files, etc. but something is wierd:
How do you know you're writing on them?
Do you intend mounting them some place? Perhaps, for example,
/mnt/scsi1
If you intend doing this then you must have a directory /mnt/scsi1
You can write to this directory because it exists on your current
disks. Until you mount the scsi drives on that directory you are *NOT*
writing to them.
> they mount on startup but there is no entry for them in /etc/fstab
I doubt it ... It doesn't work like that ...
> df doesn't see them - it does list my hda paritions.
They're not mounted then. Try writing a large file (Say 2 megs) where
you think you're writing to the disks and watch 2 megs disappear off
your hda partitions ...
> also the module that drives the card (aic7xxx.o) is not loaded.
In which case they're not mounted (Unless of course your kernel has
support for them compiled in, but I doubt that ...)
> #umount /test1 comes back with:
> umount: /test1 : not mounted
Then they're not mounted ...
> how can I be using these volumes if they're not really mounted?!?
You're not, see above. I realise that this is not the best explanation
but it should make *some* sense ...
Lee
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