drive mounting

[Robert Holtzman]

I'm having an intermittent problem mounting a usb thumb drive in Ubuntu 
Hardy. It usually automounts but sometimes refuses. Issuing a mount command 
results in "special device /dev/sdb1 doesn't exist" (paraphrased from 
memory-mine). It will mount if I reboot with the drive attached but this 
is a lousy solution. Docs and searching turned up nothing I can use.

Any help or thoughts appreciated.



-- 
Bob Holtzman
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