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Date:      Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:07:33 +0200
From:      Aldis Berjoza <graudeejs@yandex.ru>
To:        Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it>,Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Help review the FAQ
Message-ID:  <176051353355653@web21f.yandex.ru>
In-Reply-To: <50AA8C85.2000002@netfence.it>
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19.11.2012, 22:04, "Andrea Venturoli" <ml@netfence.it>:
> On 11/19/12 18:44, Eitan Adler wrote:
>
>> šHey all,
>>
>> šThe FAQ for FreeBSD needs a significant amount of updating and
>> šchanging. šThe first step in that process is to figure out what needs
>> što be changed.
>>
>> šIf you can a take a moment and thoroughly review just one
>> šquestion and add your comments and concerns it
>> šwould be immensely helpful.
>>
>> šhttp://wiki.freebsd.org/ThwackAFAQ
>
> Under: removable-drives
>
> Would it be worth mentioning no /dev/xxxs1 is created when the device is
> plugged in after boot?
>
> E.G. 1:
> I have a Zip Drive which is /dev/da1.
> Everything is fine if a disk is in when I boot, but if I insert the
> media after boot, /dev/da1s1 is not there.
> I need to "mount /dev/da1 /mnt": this also fails, but now I have
> /dev/da1s1 and can mount it.
>
> E.G. 2:
> I connect my Android phone with an USB cable: it will be /dev/da7.
> Again I have no /dev/da7s1 until I "dd count=0 if=/dev/random of=/dev/da7".
>
> Same happens with CompactFlash, MMC, SD, etc...

That doesn't sound normal. I only had similar problems with 
Klingston DataTraveler flash (it had some crap firmware)

-- 
Aldis Berjoza
FreeBSD addict



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