>>>>> "Howard" == Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> Do ls -l /dev/hdc
>> cat /proc/partitions
>> to make sure that the disc
>> is really there.
Howard> I think it's there because, before I started, I tried: fdisk
Howard> /dev/hdc and it came back that it couldn't read the device.
Howard> Now when I do fdisk /dev/hdc it comes back with a correct
Howard> looking partition table that matches the master.
That's exactly what I'd expect if /dev/hdc is now a plain file
containing the first few hundred k copied from /dev/hda.
Do
ls -l /dev/hdc
Is it a block special device?
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 0 Oct 9 2002 /dev/hdc
^ note the b here
^^^^ major and minor numbers
PeterC
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