On Thursday 09 June 2005 11:07, Daniel Feiglin wrote: > Got it - > > /dev/sda /media/KEYDISK subfs rw,sync,nosuid,nodev 0 0 > > Still, I don't see it in kdiskfree - aha! I recall from someplace > that /dev/sda is not a block device.
Of course it is a block device. It must be kdiskfree application logic problem. A probable cause is the filesystem type (note the type appears as 'usbfs'). I'll bet kdiskfree filters the content of /proc/mounts so non-disk filesystems (/proc, /sys, tmpfs, etc) won't appear in the list -- this filtering must've slashed your poor /dev/sda of the list. The real puzzle is why the kernel reported this as usbfs instead of FAT. > I suppose so, but not here. I think that the USB keydisk is a chracter mode > device that fakes direct access etc with internal logic - a bit like a tape > drive. You cannot mount(8) a tape drive. You use mt(1). The disk-on-key was mounted (as you demonstrated via /proc/mounts), so by your (correct) assertion above -- it must be a block device. Bye, -- Oron Peled Voice/Fax: +972-4-8228492 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.actcom.co.il/~oron ICQ UIN: 16527398 If a Microsoft product fails, who do you sue? ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
