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JamieKitson

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MAKEDEV Not Found

Hi,

when I boot my computer, insert an SD card and try to mount it I get:

mount: special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist

sdb1 is only created when I try to mount sdb. Google results say that MAKEDEV should be used to create sdb/sdb1 and that I could put this in rc.local, however I cannot find MAKEDEV in Arch. I suppose the other option is to add mount /dev/sdb to rc.local but it doesn't seem ideal.

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks, Jamie

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Re: MAKEDEV Not Found

Firstly, I recommend you ensure that it is sdb1 that is actually ''mounted'',
try the command "fdisk -l" in the terminal first, if no usable data is found, then
try installing parted/gparted to find out the partitions your computer has access to at the moment,

yet ensure the sd card is mounted beforehand.

Then proceed to mount using ''mount /dev/foo'', with foo being the correct directory.

About the makedev question, udev is the one that is recommended by the Archwiki:https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev#Auto_mounting_USB_devices.

Last edited by 3]) (2011-01-08 11:08:50)

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JamieKitson

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Re: MAKEDEV Not Found

It's definitely sdb, once it is created I can mount the SD card on sdb1.

I am not really interested in auto mounting, just manual mounting without fiddling about is what I'm after.

JamieKitson

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Re: MAKEDEV Not Found

If I rmmod and then modpobe ehci_hcd then the list of /dev/sdb partitions is refreshed, so if I do this while the card is in I can mount sdb1.