Many thanks Mark, I've tried that and it seems to work! Andy On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 20:49, Mark Haney wrote: > Andy Allen wrote: > > I'm getting an unpredictable/intermittent error when I try to mount a > > USB memory device (flash drive) on a RedHat 9 system. As root I type > > "mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /home/andrew/temp" and it comes up with the > > error "/dev/sda1 is not a valid block device". The puzzling thing is > > that it does work sometimes and I can't figure out any systematic reason > > for the error! Any help much appreciated - thanks! > > > > Andy > > > > Sounds to me like the flash drive is being seen on something other than > /dev/sda. Have you tried /dev/sdc or sdd? I've seen this happen a > couple of times with mine, but haven't found a way to force it to one > devince name. > > > -- > Ita erat quando hic adveni. > > Mark Haney > Sr. Systems Administrator > ERC Broadband > (828) 350-2415 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
