James, that makes sense and something occurred to me as I read your message. It is quite possible I need to poke around in the fstab file since at least back when I was running Debian and other distros prior to 2005, you setup a fstab file in /etc where you would specify info about partitions etc. SOmething like /dev/sda1 bla bla /home etc. So, my answer may be found there.
tnx, On Jan 11, 2010, at 12:27 PM, James & Nash wrote: > I could be very wrong here, but if I remember correctly, whenever a device is > mounted in Linux or Unix, at least part of the link is virtual i.e. the > directory for the disk does not actually exist except to be referenced by the > operating system. Therefore, when the disk is unmounted surely the system > will forget about it as it was never actually there? > > Best > TC > James > On 11 Jan 2010, at 16:57, Scott Howell wrote: > >> Hi Sandi, >> >> Thanks for the clarification. If I unmount the drive, it no longer can >> be referenced by the device node in /dev, which is interesting. It is as >> though once unmounted, the OS forgets about it, but I suspect it has >> something to do with the disk subsystem and how it handles devices. Well >> I'll keep digging because the info is out there somewhere . :) >> >> THanks, >> On Jan 4, 2001, at 3:18 PM, sandi sørensen wrote: >> >>> first of all, have never used fdisk under osx so i can be very wrong. >>> but when i have done it on linux i usually unmount the drive i wanna fdisk >>> and then takes contact with it from the dev folder. Therefore i said as i >>> did. >>> try eventually before you mess with it too see how huge it is with fdisk. >>> /sandi >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jan 11, 2010, at 7:29 AM, Scott Howell wrote: >>> >>>> Sandi, >>>> >>>> Sorry, I'm not clear on what you are saying here. The device, /dev/disk1 >>>> does exist, but unlike a "normal" or static /dev file system, I assume >>>> that perhaps this works more like the DevFS found in some LInux distros? I >>>> have to admit that I am not that familiar with the newer file systems, >>>> which is my fault for letting my knowledge get rusty. >>>> Can you please clarify what you mean? >>>> >>>> THanks, >>>> On Jan 4, 2001, at 1:41 PM, sandi sørensen wrote: >>>> >>>>> try getting a hold of it from /dev/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 11, 2010, at 6:17 AM, Scott Howell wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> James, I perhaps should be more clear. >>>>>> >>>>>> The issue is I cannot find a way to address the device. To explain >>>>>> further, the flash drive when mounted, shows up as /dev/disk1s1. >>>>>> However, to properly address the device with fdisk, the device must be >>>>>> umounted, but when attempting to address the device by >>>>>> fdisk /dev/disk1 I receive a "file not found" error. So, my assumption >>>>>> is that the disk subsystem handles unmounted devices differently than I >>>>>> gather most OpenBSD systems perhaps. I of course do not know for sure >>>>>> and any thoughts you have would be appreciated. The man page did not >>>>>> provide any information on how to address the problem. >>>>>> >>>>>> THanks, >>>>>> On Jan 11, 2010, at 6:24 AM, James & Nash wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Scott, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You wrote: >>>>>>>> Have any of you used fdisk from the Terminal in order to set >>>>>>>> the boot flag on a file system, which is contained on a USB flash >>>>>>>> drive/Thumb drive? I want to creat a bootable usb stick that I can >>>>>>>> load a small Linux distro on. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I haven't, but I will look into it for you if you like. In theory, >>>>>>> there should be no problem using fdisk as the Terminal is pretty >>>>>>> accessible with Voice Over. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> TC >>>>>>> James >>>>>>> On 11 Jan 2010, at 02:01, Scott Howell wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Folks, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Have any of you used fdisk from the Terminal in order to set >>>>>>>> the boot flag on a file system, which is contained on a USB flash >>>>>>>> drive/Thumb drive? 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