On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:43:37 -0800 Christopher Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Christopher Howard 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. > > > > > > --- > > > > Christopher Howard > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.indicium.us > > > > > I fiqured out what was wrong. Apparently, udevd wasn't running! Maybe > I killed it somehow when I was doing all my testing (?) Anyway, I > started udevd and the /dev/sde1 file pops up just as it should. > > I did a reboot and udevd starts fine -- so maybe I accidentally killed > it when I was configuring or installing programs. > Congrats! That's great to know! Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
