On Nov 13, 2007 9:19 AM, Tim Verhoeven <tim.verhoeven.be at gmail.com> wrote: > > > # ls -l /dev/sdc* > > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 33 Nov 7 14:45 /dev/sdc1 > > Really weird. Anyway you can use mknod to create the missing device. > In your case mknod sdc b 8 32 should do the trick. > Hey Tim, Running 'mknod sdc b 8 32' worked great. I could fdisk and the data looked good. However, when I rebooted to start from a clean slate, sdc disappeared again. Is there something that must be done to make the 'mknod' change permanent? Or perhaps something else is wiping it away and overriding what I've done? Thanks, Scott