On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:16:54 -0800 Christopher Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > >> However, there is no sde block file available in /dev. The closest > >> things are sda, sdb, sdc, and sdd. I try mount using these device > >> files, but the message I always get is 'mount: No medium found'. > >> > >> Udev is what creates the device file, right? Why isn't it creating an > >> sde or sde1 device file for me? I spent a lot of time googling about > >> this, but all the tutorials I found on mounting assume that /dev/sde > >> already exists. > >> > >> I get basically the same results when I try a different usb stick. > >> > >> > > > > Try this.. > > > > do an ls on /dev and output it to a file. Plug in your usb and wait a > > few seconds. Do another ls and output it to a different file. Do a diff > > and see what dev creates. If it creates /dev/sda then I guess that's > > the one you should use. > > > > $ ls /dev > /tmp/usb1.txt > > $ ls /dev > /tmp/usb2.txt > > $ diff /tmp/usb1.txt /tmp/usb2.txt > > > > On mine, /dev/sda gets created. > > > > Good luck. > > > > Amit > > > > > > > Thank you for the help. > > The diff command did not return output, confirming my suspicion that > udev is not creating anything. > > The syslog, dmesg, and the lights on the usb sticks all indicate that > the system is recognizing the device when I plug it in. I wonder why > udev is not creating a device file for me that works. I've looked at > the udev config files but they are rather complex and I'm not sure how > to configure them manually. > Hmmm..That is interesting. On your other desktop/server machines with lenny do you get the same issue? Or is it specific to your current set up? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]