[1368] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: unable to open /dev/sda
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chaiya Intasoie)
Thu Jan 30 22:43:33 1997
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 09:01:11 +0000 (GMT)
From: Chaiya Intasoie <chaiya@rs.mahidol.ac.th>
To: Shu De Liang <liangs@halley.syd.cqu.edu.au>
cc: scsi <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970131082843.6856A-100000@halley.syd.cqu.edu.au>
On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Shu De Liang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My name is Shude, I am new to Linux. I am currently installing Linux on
> a Pentium 133 with scsi hard disk. I made the boot disk with scsi.s and
> root disk wiht color.gz. I could boot up the system. But when I try to
> fdisk the scsi hard disk. The error message is "unable to open /dev/sda".
> I also tried " fdisk /dev/sda1" , but the same error message appeared.
> Could anyone help me.
I have this kind of experience but I could solve them by the foloowing
gule
1. You should use the boot kernel that support your adapter for
example if you use "adaptech" your kernel boot disk must have the driver
of the supported kernel.
2. Check out your hard disk what kind of hard disk are you using
if it is seagate that could be a problem. Also check SCSI hrad disk or IDE
hard disk are you using.
This may be help you think of something to give us more detail.
>
> Shude
>
Chaiya Intasoie
chaiya@rs.mahidol.ac.th
chaiya@k12.nectec.or.th
http://rs.mahidol.ac.th
