Andrew Fries wrote:
> so I tried to do things like "fdisk /dev/sda (and
> sdb... and a couple of others) but the answer is always the same:
> "unable to open /dev/whatever"
Just a guess, but if it has two partions, you'll want numbers.
/dev/sda is the first SCSI hard disk.
> So why can't I find it under /dev ? Shouldn't it appear as sda, or sdb
> or some such? (I don't have any actual scsi devices on this system, but
> there is another emulated one, IDE cd burner)
try /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2 .
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