disappearing device files

2007-02-22 Thread Steve Kleene
When I tested gnome on my recent etch install, I noticed that it mounted my USB flash drive on /dev/sdc1. So when I run from a command line under fvwm (most of the time), I also mount the flash on sdc1. So that I wouldn't have to remember the drive name, I did the following: cd /dev; ln -s

Re: disappearing device files

2007-02-22 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 09:56 -0500, Steve Kleene wrote: When I tested gnome on my recent etch install, I noticed that it mounted my USB flash drive on /dev/sdc1. So when I run from a command line under fvwm (most of the time), I also mount the flash on sdc1. So that I wouldn't have to

Re: disappearing device files

2007-02-22 Thread Steve Kleene
On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 09:56 -0500, I wrote: Now, though, every time I boot, the /dev/flash link disappears. And recently, /dev/sdc1 disappeared too. On Thu Feb 22 10:07:59 2007, Greg Folkert [EMAIL PROTECTED] replied: HAL and UDEVD. They auto create and remove device files as needed. If