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From: "Konstantin V. Gavrilenko" <mlists@××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] No /dev/sda1 with Klingston usb disk. Wrong lsusb output.
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:43:04
Message-Id: 4444CF16.9080807@arhont.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] No /dev/sda1 with Klingston usb disk. Wrong lsusb output. by "Frédéric Grosshans"
1 Frédéric Grosshans wrote:
2 > Le lundi 17 avril 2006 à 18:51 +0100, Konstantin V. Gavrilenko a écrit :
3 >
4 >
5 >>On the example of the SD card reader, when you insert the card, /dev/sdb
6 >>appears, but not the actual partition (/dev/sdb1)
7 >>
8 >>So you have to do fdisk /dev/sdb, then quit, then the /dev/sdb1 is
9 >>magically available for mounting.
10 >
11 >
12 > I had this problem before, but it's not the case today :-(
13 > fdisk has no access to the /dev/sda device.
14 >
15 >>Think it is an issue with udev.
16 >
17 >
18 > No, it's a problem with your kernel. You need to check the option
19 >
20 > File systems --->
21 > Partition Types --->
22 > [*] PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables)
23 > support
24 >
25 > in "make menuconfig" and you won't need to fdisk to make /dev/sdb1
26 > appear.
27 >
28 >
29 > Fred
30 >
31
32 Thanks,
33
34 I'll check it out
35
36
37 yours,
38 kos
39
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42 Konstantin V. Gavrilenko
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