[CentOS] Help setting up external drive via Firewire

Wed Aug 13 09:47:28 UTC 2008
Rainer Duffner <rainer at ultra-secure.de>

Noob Centos Admin schrieb:
> fdisk -l
> Disk /dev/sde: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sde1   *           1      121601   976760001    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
>
>
> The problem now is when I try to mount /dev/sde1, mount tells me that 
> special device /dev/sde1 does not exist.
>
> Neither does trying to mount /dev/sg4 or /dev/sg5 works, mount says 
> they are "not a block device".
>
> What should I be trying next? Thanks!
>


Maybe format it with ext3?
;-)




Rainer