/dev/sda1 is not a valid block device

[Mark Haney]

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.


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Mark Haney
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ERC Broadband
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