Steven Pasternak wrote: > I know that this is a bit early, but does anyone know if FC4 will be like FC3 > in the way it generates block devices? To the best of my knowledge, yes. > I use FC2 now and it always has > a /dev/sda and /dev/sda1, even when my pen drive isn't plugged in and just > says it is not valid. FC3, though, doesn't generate a /dev/sda and > a /dev/sda1 UNTIL I plug it in, Yes, this is designed behaviour. /dev was just getting too full of devices that might be needed in some more or less bizarre set of circumstances. > and sometimes it doesn't even when I do (til > I restart it). I HATE that! Do you have all the kernel and hal updates applied? It's new functionality, and there have been a number of bugfixes. If so, then could you check the end of /var/log/messages when /dev/sda *does* appear and when it *doesn't*. Post the results here along with chipset and pen drive information, and we'll either see if we can spot something, or ask you to bugzilla it (so there's a chance it gets fixed). Or you can drop the device nodes in /etc/udev/devices. Then they should be copied into /dev at startup. James. -- James Wilkinson | actor: (n) a piece of scenery that has the audacity Exeter Devon UK | to move once lit. E-mail address: james | @westexe.demon.co.uk |
