On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Maulik Mankad wrote: > Hi, > > I even get the following with cat /proc/partitions command > major minor #blocks name > > 8 0 126976 sda > 8 1 126960 sda1 > > I am unable to mount the device. Hence I cannot use it. > > I have vfat driver loaded in the kernel. > > Moreover we are using customized kernel and so we do not have udev or > MAKEDEV. Let me know if I am wrong in interpretation. > > Also can you please highlight the exact steps to mount the usb device? It > would be really helpful. > > We used the major and minor numbers obtained from /proc/partitions and tried > to make device nodes using > mknod /dev/sda b 8 0 and mknod /dev/sda1 b 8 1.
That's the right thing to do. > This creates the nodes but we are not able to mount using these entries in > /dev. What happens when you run "mount"? Turn on CONFIG_USB_DEBUG and CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG, and rebuild the USB drivers. Then what shows up in the dmesg log when you run "mount"? Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
