drive mounting

[Robert Holtzman]

On Sat, 6 Dec 2008, Eric Shubert wrote:

> Robert Holtzman wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
> Sounds like USB is getting confused somewhere/somehow. Are there any
> other USB devices in play when it doesn't work?

Mouse and printer. The printer is a parallel port connected with an 
adapter cable. Just tried it again and it mounted, Next time it borks 
I'll try disconnecting everything else and see what happens.

Thanks.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
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                                           Lazarus Long