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> On 29 Aug 2017, at 15:53, Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> I don't have a quick solution, but I would look at the state of /dev |
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> (not only /dev/sdb* but also the various /dev/disk/by-* directories) |
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> both before and after running parted. parted is my prime suspect for |
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> messing things up here. |
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Indeed. |
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No sdb1 is mentioned, despite it apparently being recognised by the kernel when plugged in (from the last line of the `grep kernel /var/log/messages` output in my previous post). |
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$ ls -l /dev/disk/* | grep sdb |
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Aug 29 14:51 usb-Generic-_Card_Reader_20060413092100000-0:0 -> ../../sdb |
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Aug 29 14:51 pci-0000:00:12.2-usb-0:1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sdb |
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$ |
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The same command, grepping sda, shows much longer output, with symlinks to all the partitions |
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Is it udev that's responsible for populating the dev nodes? |
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(is that the right terminology?) |
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How do I force it to reconstruct the partition table? Surely one should expect to be able to format or partition a removable drive and have the dev nodes created without the necessity of rebooting? |
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> Also, is this the normal mount program from util-linux package, or some |
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> "modern" replacement? |
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It's the normal one: |
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$ equery belongs `which mount` |
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* Searching for /bin/mount ... |
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sys-apps/util-linux-2.28.2 (/bin/mount) |
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$ |
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Stroller. |
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