No idea then, never used devfs. On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Marcel Reifenberger wrote:
> Hi there, > > yes I do - that's what it says in the subject line. Without devfs I could > create > those dev files myself with mknod. > > > Do you have devfs or something like that turned on? Those files are > > generally there by default. > > > > On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, Marcel Reifenberger wrote: > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > I've searched through this mailing list's archive & various other Google > > > > links to no use, so I'm asking here: > > > > > > I use a (Gentoo patched) kernel 2.4.22 + a USB flash card reader with a > > > CompactFlash and an SD card slot. Once usb-storage detects the reader, > > /dev/sda > > > and /dev/sdb are created. To access a flash card (which usually has 1 > > > partition), I need /dev/sda1 or /dev/sdb1 respectively. These devs only > > appear after > > > I've triggered the kernel to read the partition table, e.g. with a > > "mount -t > > > vfat /dev/sda /mnt/cf", which, of course, fails with an error message > > (bad > > > superblock, etc.). > > > > > > Is there a way to automagically create these devices when I insert a > > card > > > into the reader? Thanks for your help. > > > > > > Bye, Marcel. > > > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
