I figured it out. It was a kernel flag I forgot. I'm not sure which one :) I just turned them all on, now I'm slowly turning them off. And your right Jan, it is hdd1 The device is a SanDisk CF (compac flash). So my embedded system runs from that. -stv -> -----Original Message----- -> From: Jan Hudec [mailto:bulb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf -> Of Jan Hudec -> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 11:44 PM -> To: Steve Iribarne -> Cc: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx -> Subject: Re: /proc/partitions wrong -> -> On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 11:35:26 -0800, Steve Iribarne wrote: -> > 2.6.10 kernel. -> > I boot off of a SanDisk flash. -> > -> > After my kernel is up and running I can't mount anything. -> So.. naturally, the first thing I checked was /proc/partitions. -> > -> > It only shows me: -> > -> > major minor #blocks name -> > 22 64 250880 hdd -> > -> > when I would expect.. -> > -> > major minor #blocks name -> > 22 64 hdd -> > 22 65 hd1 -> ^^^ -> Surely not. It must be *3* letters -> and a digit. This way, I don't see -> whether you expect the partition to -> be on hdd or on other disk... -> -> What is the hdd device after all? -> -> ------------------------------------------------------------- -> ------------------ -> Jan 'Bulb' -> Hudec <bulb@xxxxxx> -> -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/