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James Miller wrote:
>
> > ------------------
> > mount /dev/sda /cd
> > mount /dev/sdb /hd
> > ------------------
> 
> Now wait a minute here.  I don't have any very direct 
> experience with scsi, 

Nor do I.  I was just following Daryl's lead (his reference
to mtab made me think he was an experienced Linux user).

> but I do believe that it's not sufficient to give mount 
> just the base disk location - ie., /dev/sda.  
> Isn't it like IDE drives, where you have to specify a 
> partition number?  

Sounds reasonable to me.

> So, shouldn't it be, e.g.,
> ------------------
> mount /dev/sda1 /cd
> mount /dev/sdb1 /hd
> ------------------

I've just looked in /dev and (yes) there is a sda1 and sdb1.
I think you're on the right track here, James.

Cheers,
Steven