Device not found [SOLVED]

mtrivs · 2006-02-04 08:49:19

Objective:
Repartition my external HD so that i have a 5GB FAT32 partition
Problem: When i type fdisk -l i dont see any devices with sdaX

Additional info: I will be using qtparted to resize the NTFS partition and make a FAT32 Parition. I have my /etc/fstab set with the following:

/dev/sda1       /mnt/external  ntfs    user,nls=utf8,umask=0222 0        0

and when it boots i get the message:

/mnt/external: device /dev/sda1 cannot be found

When i try and mount it i get this:
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6008/error1mj.png
I also get an error message something like this:

/dev/null: file already exists

I dont know if the two are related or not.....Can someone give me a starting point for this?

I tried searching the forum, but couldnt find anything that solved my problem

rayjgu3 · 2006-02-04 09:16:33

in /etc/rc.conf is auto loading of modules yes or no ?
if yes may be you need to write a udev rule
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Usi … _udev_rule

what you may also need is this
udevinfo -a -p /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.4/usb1/1-1
check out what i learned bout writing a rule
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … highlight=

mtrivs · 2006-02-05 03:04:10

Thanks for the info rayjgu3.....I created a udev rule in /etc/udev/rules.d/00.rules and restarted udev.. I think it worked, but is there a way i can find out for sure?

rayjgu3 · 2006-02-08 02:11:58

can you mount ,read & write to device?
if so its working
what rule did you make ?
sorry i havent got back to you sooner but i cant spend as much time as id like here in forums
if you have solved the problem post answer here then edit the subject " [SOLVED] "

mtrivs · 2006-02-08 05:59:58

sorry, forgot to do that on this thread!!.....I can read/write to it fine!!

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#1 2006-02-04 08:49:19

Device not found [SOLVED]

#2 2006-02-04 09:16:33

Re: Device not found [SOLVED]

#3 2006-02-05 03:04:10

Re: Device not found [SOLVED]

#4 2006-02-08 02:11:58

Re: Device not found [SOLVED]

#5 2006-02-08 05:59:58

Re: Device not found [SOLVED]

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