Re: [PLUG] lilo warning / question

[Paul <gyoza@comcast.net>]

Jeff Abrahamson wrote:

> The only thing on /dev/sda is removable media that I wouldn't expect
> to be mounted:
>
>    jeff@asterix:jeff $ grep sd /etc/fstab
>    /dev/sda1       /cflash         vfat    defaults,user,noauto            0       0
>    /dev/sdb1       /smartmedia     vfat    defaults,user,noauto            0       0
>    jeff@asterix:jeff $
>
> If I comment out both, the error goes away.  (Oddly, it matters if I
> comment out /dev/sdb1 or not.)  So I comment them out, run lilo, and
> then put them back.
>  

Maybe the USB subsystem doesn't initialize the flash memory before the 
attempt to mount it?

Are the drive designations automatically assigned?  If so, if sda is 
missing, sdb would be designated sda, right?  Are you running, what is 
it called, DevFS?

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