On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 10:13:04 +1300 (NZDT) Steve Holdoway wrote: > Try > fdisk /dev/hdb > at the 'Command (m for help):' prompt, type 'p' > > [here's the output from this machine - ignore the sda references, it's SATA] > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 1 10199 81923436 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda2 * 10200 19269 72854775 83 Linux > /dev/sda3 19270 19457 1510110 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/sda5 19270 19457 1510078+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris > > at the 'Command (m for help):' prompt, type 'q' > > The important thing is that /dev/hdb1 comes up as type 83, linux. > > I really am clutching at straws here. My last bet is that /mnt/hdb isn't a > directory.
fdisk -l /dev/hdb (or in Steve's sata case fdisk -l /dev/sda) will give a print out of what you are after I believe. Hate to say it, but have you tried rebooting? If there is something out of sync (see Daniel's message) then this may fix it. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
