On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 17:05 -0700, Bazooka Joe wrote: > I have a usb hd that I use for backup. Occasionally it dies. > If i unmount it and try to remount it it says sdc1 does not exist. Not sure if related to your problem but I have many 'zombie' usb devices after mounting/unmounting a few times... # ll /dev/sd* brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 0 Sep 17 11:45 /dev/sda* brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 16 Sep 17 11:45 /dev/sdb* brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 32 Sep 17 11:45 /dev/sdc brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 48 Sep 17 11:45 /dev/sdd brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 64 Sep 17 11:45 /dev/sde brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 80 Sep 17 11:45 /dev/sdf brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 96 Sep 17 11:45 /dev/sdg # rmmod usb_storage # ll /dev/sd* brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 0 Sep 17 11:45 /dev/sda* brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 16 Sep 17 11:45 /dev/sdb* JD _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos