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Error During Mounting: “Not a block device” 37
Troubleshooting
Error During Mounting: “Not a block device”
Symptom Cause/Solution
When mounting a
device, you get the
following error
message:
mount: /dev/rdsk/
slice_name not a
block device
There was an error in the mount command. This error occurs when
you try to mount a disk by using the raw device name rather than
the correct block device name. Enter the correct command:
mount /dev/dsk/slice_name /mount_point
Note Always create UFS/VxFS file systems on raw device
names and mount file systems on block device names, for
example:
Raw device name:
/dev/rdsk/device
Block device name: /dev/dsk/device