🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.sys.sgi.admin
Article #250

Re: Can't mount external disk.

#250
From: Michael Schulman
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 00:00
54 lines
3033 bytes
I have seen this before.  Try to fsck the disk.

In article <3150AE77.61D8@ix.netcom.com>, Joseph An <visualmg@ix.netcom.com> writes:
|> From: Joseph An <visualmg@ix.netcom.com>
|> Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.admin,comp.sys.sgi,comp.sys.sgi.graphics,fj.sys.sgi,comp.sys.sgi.misc,comp.sys.sgi.hardware,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.questions
|> Subject: Can't mount external disk.
|> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 17:18:47 -0800
|> Organization: VMI
|> Lines: 25
|> NNTP-Posting-Host: lax-ca11-29.ix.netcom.com
|> Mime-Version: 1.0
|> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
|> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
|> X-NETCOM-Date: Wed Mar 20  5:24:08 PM PST 1996
|> X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; I)
|> 
|> Hi,
|> 
|> My external disk will not mount now.  I tried to mount with toolchest 
|> but when I hit mount button, the following message appears:
|> 
|>         "You can't perform this action.
|>         There are applications or users accessing this file system 
|>         and or directory, or the object system is down."
|> 
|> I have tried the following:
|>         
|>         /etc/init.d/cadmin stop
|>                            clean
|>                            start
|> 
|>         mediad -k
|>         mediad -a
|>         reboot
|> 
|> It didn't help.  I have very important files on external disks which is 
|> not backed up yet.  Do I need to setup /etc/fstab for the system to 
|> mount my external disk?  My external disk is named /disk4  it is on SCSI 
|> controller 0 and SCSI address 4.  Thank you for your help.  
|> 
|> Joseph An

-- 

Michael Schulman
Manager, Technical Marketing
Engineering Applications

Silicon Graphics Computer Systems
2011 N. Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA 94039
415-390-3308

mas@sgi.com
Technical Details
Message-ID: <4iqcks$i7p@gazette.engr.sgi.com>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail
References: <3150AE77.61D8@ix.netcom.com>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: fa751,ffe9be262a4f86b,start
X-Google-Attributes: gidfa751,public
X-Google-Thread: 100159,ffe9be262a4f86b,start
X-Google-Attributes: gid100159,public
X-Google-Thread: f48e5,ffe9be262a4f86b,start
X-Google-Attributes: gidf48e5,public
X-Google-Thread: f72b0,ffe9be262a4f86b,start
X-Google-Attributes: gidf72b0,public
X-Google-Thread: 1020c6,ffe9be262a4f86b,start
X-Google-Attributes: gid1020c6,public
X-Google-Thread: 10872d,ffe9be262a4f86b,start
X-Google-Attributes: gid10872d,public
X-Google-Thread: fc443,ffe9be262a4f86b,start
X-Google-Attributes: gidfc443,public
X-Google-Thread: 10268b,ffe9be262a4f86b,start
X-Google-Attributes: gid10268b,public
From: mas@everest.engr.sgi.com (Michael Schulman)
Subject: Re: Can't mount external disk.
Date: 1996/03/21
Message-ID: <4iqcks$i7p@gazette.engr.sgi.com>
X-Deja-AN: 143232244
references: <3150AE77.61D8@ix.netcom.com>
organization: Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Mountain View, CA
reply-to: mas@sgi.com
newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.admin,comp.sys.sgi,comp.sys.sgi.graphics,fj.sys.sgi,comp.sys.sgi.misc,comp.sys.sgi.hardware,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.questions