Tom, Wow, you are fast! cat /proc/partitions shows only /dev/sda and /dev/sda1 thru sda5, there are also /dev/sdb and /dev/sdb1 and sdb2 ( these are my HDs) BUT when I enter mknod /dev/sdc b 8 0 the sys replies "mknod: '/dev/sdc' : File exists and so on for other sdx attempts
Thanks for assisting........................ PeterB On Wednesday 10 July 2002 13:30, Tom Collins wrote: > At 12:58 PM -0500 7/10/02, Peter B Van Campen wrote: > >I have SuSE 8.0 kernel 2.4.18-64gb-SMP . This sys recognises attachment of > > an USB 128 MB 'Pen Drive" Mass Storage device, but an entry in /dev/sdx > > is never created, so the device cannot be mounted or otherwise > > manipulated. > > Are you saying that you don't have (for example) a /dev/sda1 device to > mount? > > It's something I ran into, so here's a quick way to create those devices: > > 'cat /proc/partitions' to get a list of the partitions available. > You'll get a list with the major and minor device numbers, number of > blocks and the device name (followed by a lot of additional info that > you don't need). > > If you don't have an entry for the device in /dev, you can create it > with mknod: > > For example: > > mknod /dev/sda b 8 0 > mknod /dev/sda1 b 8 1 > > Format is 'mknod <device> b <major> <minor>'. > > Whenever you attach a USB device, you should see a kernel message > indicating what scsi device it was mapped to. I think you can also > find the information in /proc/scsi/scsi. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Two, two, TWO treats in one. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
