>>>>> "david" == david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
david> On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 14:11 +1000, Simon Wong wrote: >> On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 13:00 +1000, david wrote: > I bought this >> gadget thinking that I could test HD's conveniently > without >> having to install them internally. Unfortunately it's not > >> automounting, so now I'm not sure what to do. >> david> Not much luck... i did the following: david> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ ls /dev/sda ls: /dev/sda: No such file or david> directory <--bridge plugged in after this [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ tail Are you using udev/hotplug or something? If not, just do $ cd /dev; sudo ./MAKEDEV sd to create the devices. If you *are* using udev, then I'm not sure what has to happen. I really hate this dynamic generation of device nodes; it makes it much harder to diagnose what's going on. -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html