Is it possible that you are not running devfs? If you issue the command cat /etc/lilo.conf from a shell, it will display the various boot options that appear on the menu when you first boot. Under your linux entry, there should be a line that begins with append=. On that line, it probably says devfs=mount or it might say devfs=nomount. I'm pretty sure if it says nomount, you will manually need to create the entries under /dev. The devfs=mount should create them automatically.
Joe On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 19:31:45 +1200 Walter Logeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In Re: [newbie] Smartmedia card reader, on Wed, 17 Apr 2002 05:25, > Bryan Tyson wrote: > > > > mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/smedia > > > > > > There is no /dev/sda1, there is nothing much like it there > > > > See what happens if you do > > > > modprobe usb-storage > > > > before trying to mount the card. > > Thanks Bryan, output below. > > I still have no /dev/sda1... how do they appear? There is no sd* > device at all in the /dev directory. I am searching around to try > to understand how these files work. Still lost after a lot of > reading! > > Walter > > ~~~ > > 1003 root@psybernet:/dev (07:25:43) > # modprobe usb-storage > 1004 root@psybernet:/dev (07:26:07) > # lsmod | grep usb > usb-storage 52528 0 (unused) > usbmouse 2048 0 (unused) > input 3648 0 [keybdev mousedev hid usbmouse] > usb-uhci 21232 0 (unused) > usbcore 50752 1 [usb-storage hid usbmouse > usb-uhci] > scsi_mod 91072 4 [usb-storage sd_mod sg sr_mod > ide-scsi] > 1005 root@psybernet:/dev (07:26:13) > # mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/smedia > mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist > > > > -- > Walter Logeman > Psychotherapist > http://www.psybernet.co.nz > >
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