unable to mount usb.

[Eial Czerwacki]

On 01/24/2012 09:51 AM, ralda at gmx.de wrote:

> Ohps ...
> 
>> brw-r-----    1 root     root        8,  16 Jan 24 06:50 /dev/sdb
>> brw-r-----    1 root     root        8,  17 Jan 24 06:50 /dev/sdb0
>> brw-r-----    1 root     root        8,  18 Jan 24 06:50 /dev/sdb1
> 
> ... who did create those?
> 
>> cat /proc/partitions
>> major minor  #blocks  name
> 
>>   8        0     125440 sda
>>   8        1          0 sda1
>>   8       16    1972223 sdb
>>   8       17    1970546 sdb1
> 
> Do you see it? sdb1 (block 8,17) is /dev/sdb0 which is not correct. The
> name sb0 is normally not used. Correct naming sequence is sdb, sb1,
> sdb2, ...
> 
> ... that is your trouble you try to mount (open) /dev/sdb1 which is
> block device 8,18 and that device does not exist according to
> you /proc/partitions output.
> 
> Correct your device file definitions.
> 
> --
> Harald
> 


ok, I'll take a look.

Eial.