On Wednesday 23 May 2007 19:34, Jay C Vollmer wrote: > Hi Everybody. > > I've just discovered that I'm unable to mount USB pendrives on > my laptop. > > Upon examination, I also find that I have no /dev/sda1. I assume that > this is the reason why. If so, can I just recreate it with mknod? > > Can anyone tell me what the parameters are for creating /dev/sda1 with > mknod? > > -- > JAY VOLLMER [EMAIL PROTECTED] > TEXT REFS DOUBLEPLUSUNGOOD SELFTHINK > VERGING CRIMETHINK - IGNORE FULLWISE
Does the syslog say it finds the drive, and assigns a /dev/ to it? Seems to me it doesnt, or the system would have created it "on the fly"... Can you please give us a copy of what /var/log/messages say when you plug the pendrive into the computer? -- /Rikard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] web : http://www.rikjoh.com mob: : +46 (0)763 19 76 25 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >
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