Re: Block device required
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 12:00:30AM -0800, ibanex22 wrote: Hi everyone, I have recently transfered my web server from Debian to OpenBSD. I had a secondary hard drive that I was hosting all my files on which was ext3. I installed it in my OpenBSD box and booted up a live Knoppix CD and converted it to ext2. I run: mount -t ext2fs /dev/rwd1c /mnt mount -t ext2fs /dev/wd1i /mnt and I recieve: mount_ext2fs: /dev/rwd1c on /mnt: Block device required fdisk /dev/rwd1c returns: Disk: /dev/rwd1c geometry: 36483/255/63 [586099395 Sectors] Offset: 0 Signature: 0xAA55 StaringEnding LBA Info: #: id C H S -CH S [ start: size ] - 0: 010 1 1 - 36482 254 63 [ 63:586099332 ] DOS FAT-12 1: 000 0 0 -0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused 2: 000 0 0 -0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused 3: 000 0 0 -0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused any suggestions would be great! -Erik -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Block-device-required-tf2844598.html#a7943070 Sent from the openbsd user - misc mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Alexander Yurchenko
Re: Block device required
On 12/19/06, Alexander Yurchenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 12:00:30AM -0800, ibanex22 wrote: Hi everyone, I have recently transfered my web server from Debian to OpenBSD. I had a secondary hard drive that I was hosting all my files on which was ext3. I installed it in my OpenBSD box and booted up a live Knoppix CD and converted it to ext2. I run: mount -t ext2fs /dev/rwd1c /mnt mount -t ext2fs /dev/wd1i /mnt How do you know it's i? Greg
Re: Block device required
On 12/19/06, ibanex22 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. mount_ext2fs: /dev/rwd1c on /mnt: Block device required Of cause! rwd1c is a charcter device, not a block device: $ ls -l /dev/rwd1c crw-r- 1 root operator3, 18 Dec 9 12:03 /dev/rwd1c You have to use wd1c instead, which is a block device: $ ls -l /dev/wd1c brw-r- 1 root operator0, 18 Dec 9 12:03 /dev/wd1c fdisk /dev/rwd1c returns: ... make sure you don't mistake fdisk for disklabel. fdisk on OpenBSD is way different than on Linux. Andreas. -- Hobbes : Shouldn't we read the instructions? Calvin : Do I look like a sissy?
Re: Block device required
On 12/19/06, Greg Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you know it's i? disklabel wd1 Andreas. -- Hobbes : Shouldn't we read the instructions? Calvin : Do I look like a sissy?
Re: Block device required
Greg Thomas writes: mount -t ext2fs /dev/rwd1c /mnt mount -t ext2fs /dev/wd1i /mnt How do you know it's i? FAQ 14.1 says: Devices without a disklabel: If a device does not currently have an OpenBSD disklabel on it but has another file system (for example, a disk with a pre-existing FAT32 file system), the OpenBSD kernel will create one in memory, and that can form the basis of a formal OpenBSD disklabel to be stored on disk. That created disklabel uses partition 'i'. Run disklabel(8) on the device (what you should have done in the first place) to verify this. // marc
Re: Block device required
On 12/19/06, Marco S Hyman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greg Thomas writes: mount -t ext2fs /dev/rwd1c /mnt mount -t ext2fs /dev/wd1i /mnt How do you know it's i? FAQ 14.1 says: Devices without a disklabel: If a device does not currently have an OpenBSD disklabel on it but has another file system (for example, a disk with a pre-existing FAT32 file system), the OpenBSD kernel will create one in memory, and that can form the basis of a formal OpenBSD disklabel to be stored on disk. That created disklabel uses partition 'i'. Run disklabel(8) on the device (what you should have done in the first place) to verify this. The point is in this case it probably is i but since it doesn't have to be it's better to point the other person to the FAQ where he can read about disklabel. The FAQ shows a situation where the partition is m. Just blindly telling someone to mount wd1i isn't doing him any good in the long run. Greg
