From: Butler, Mathew (ButlerGM@logica.com)
Date: Mon Jul 22 2002 - 19:42:21 EDT
Thanks to Bob Harris, alan@nabeth.cxo.cpqcorp.net, harris@soak2.zk3.dec.com,
Dr Thomas.Blinn@HP.com, Lucien HERCAUD, Mike Broderick for responding.
I may have confused the issue by showing the -lv option in the mount
command. I got the same error doing a 'mount -a' or a 'mount /u01'
It seems that there was a dodgy additional link in the /etc/fdmns directory
called '-l' which linked to '-l' which was not a block device.
This could have been an installation issue or a patch issue (Patch 4 was
applied just before the problem was highlighted - although this problem
could have been around since the 5.1 install and configuration)
Removing this link solved the problem - see below for the solution....
Regards,
Mat
[ORIGINAL QUESTION]
We were running with an AS4100, T64 5.1A, we have recently set this up as a
dual boot machine to run T64 5.1 as well. It has just been discovered that
one of the disks is no longer mounting. I am assured that this disk has been
successfully mounted whilst running V5.1. I am told that the disk is
mounting fine when we boot to 5.1A.
This is the error that is being received....
# mount -lv -t advfs gendom01#genfset01 /u01
exec: /sbin/mount_advfs -F 0x4000 gendom01#genfset01 /u01
Error: -l is not a block device.
Does anyone have any ideas - all the other disks that are also Advfs are
mounting fine.
Regards
[END]
[SOLUTION]
# cat /etc/fstab
root_domain#root / advfs rw 0 1
gendom01#genfset01 /u01 advfs rw 0 2
# mount /u01
Error: -l is not a block device.
# cd /etc/fdmns/gendom01
# ls -l
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 2 Jan 5 1996 -l -> -l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 15 Jan 5 1996 genfset01 ->
/dev/disk/dsk2c
# rm -- -l
# ls -l
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 15 Jan 5 1996 genfset01 ->
/dev/disk/dsk2c
[END]
> Mathew Butler
> logica Pty Limited,
> Consultant, Energy & Utilities Division, Australia
> 17-19 Orion Road, Lane Cove West, Sydney, NSW, 2066
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