Re: special device /dev/sda1

[bentley rhodes <bntly_rhds@charter.net>]

bentley rhodes wrote:

> what am i supposed to do when the following occurs?
> [root@bntly lvmgui-0.4]# umount /dev/sdb1
> umount: /dev/sdb1: not mounted
> [root@bntly lvmgui-0.4]# mount -text2 /dev/sda1 /portney/opus
> mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist
> [root@bntly lvmgui-0.4]#
>
> i'm trying to mount or unmount  (mount in this case) my /dev/sda1 
> drive (my cruzer 256) and it won't let me.
>
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    k, i found the answer is:  use parted and establish a new msdos 
table with the command mklabel msdos

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