drive mounting

[Eric Shubert]

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?

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-Eric 'shubes'