usb/scsi mystery

[Net Llama!]

You do realize that you can use mknod to create additional devices, right?
See /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices for the correct major/minor
numbers.

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Tony Alfrey wrote:

> On Tuesday 29 October 2002 05:32 am,Ben Duncan wrote:
> > Yuuuupppp ... try mounting it with a /dev/sde1 .......
> >
> > A quick Look into /var/log/messages will show the device when/where
> > it is plugged in.
> >
> > Gesssss ..... this is getting scary ..... I am getting to know a
> > little about linux ....
>
> No go.  (tried both ways earlier.  When it does work with 3 drives,
> mounts as sdd1) The device sde1 does not exist in /dev/~, only
> /dev/sde.  If mounted as sde1, the message is that the device does not
> exist.  If mounted as sde, it "tries" to mount (recognizes that it is
> read-only) and then barfs.  This may be near the solution to the
> problem;  why are there pleny of device number ("partitions") for sda,
> sdb, sdc, but not for any other SCSI device sde or higher in /dev/?
>
> BTW, /var/log/messages is below
>
> Oct 28 19:36:30 noname kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
> Oct 28 19:36:30 noname kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Oct 28 19:36:30 noname kernel: scsi : 4 hosts.
> Oct 28 19:36:30 noname kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame#
> 1349
> Oct 28 19:36:30 noname kernel:   Vendor: eUSB      Model: Compact Flash
>     Rev:
> Oct 28 19:36:30 noname kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
>     ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Oct 28 19:36:30 noname kernel: Detected scsi removable disk sde at
> scsi3, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> Oct 28 19:36:31 noname kernel: SCSI device sde: hdwr sector= 512 bytes.
> Sectors= 62720 [30 MB] [0.0 GB]
> Oct 28 19:36:31 noname kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame#
> 2015
> Oct 28 19:36:31 noname kernel: sde: test WP failed, assume Write
> Protected
> Oct 28 19:36:31 noname kernel:  sde:<7>usb-storage: queuecommand()
> called
> Oct 28 19:36:31 noname kernel:  sde1
>

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