[CentOS] can't mount any secondary drive partitions

Thu Feb 23 03:42:40 UTC 2006
Tom <admin at homemachine.net>

Yes, that did it for me, thank you (yet again) Johnny.

Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 15:09 +1300, Tom wrote:
> 
>>I've added this to rc.local in the interim
>>
>>dmsetup remove_all; sleep 10; mount /dev/hde1
>>
> 
> 
> You might try removing the dmraid rpm ... have a backup plan if it is
> required on your server ... you should be able to boot from the rescue
> disk and reinstall dmraid if it's required.
> 
> 
>>Stephen Smithstone wrote:
>>
>>>whats the ouput of the command mount
>>>On 22 Feb 2006, at 23:53, Tom wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>whether I use webmin to mount or console its the same, in console  I'm 
>>>>in /root trying to mount /dev/hde6 to /mnt/1
>>>>
>>>>Stephen Smithstone wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>sorry i meant to say over a current mount point not root mount   
>>>>>point , or you may be in the directory you are trying to mount  the  
>>>>>new device under
>>>>>On 22 Feb 2006, at 23:42, Stephen Smithstone wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>it may look like your trying to mount you new partition over you   
>>>>>>current root partition instead of on a new mount point , what is   
>>>>>>you  mount command for the /dev/hde6
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On 22 Feb 2006, at 23:32, Tom wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I have just installed centos 4.2 on machine remotely and   
>>>>>>>everything went well, a second drive was installed, I  partitioned  
>>>>>>>it, rebooted and then tried to mount it but keep  getting the error
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>mount: /dev/hde6 already mounted or /mnt/1 busy
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>this happens with every partition on any secondary disk, we put  a  
>>>>>>>third disk in and get the same error.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I have googled but not found anything relevant, most info  relates  
>>>>>>>to LVM or raid of which we have neither.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>any help greatly appreciated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>tom
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