[ale] Karmic failure - missing device - mknod

[ecashin at noserose.net (Ed Cashin)]

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Grady Harris <nolan.voight at gmail.com> wrote:
> My first steps were the same--upgrade, then reinstall clean--but the
> third step is what I'm getting now from y'all, & thank you.
>
> I checked with lshw & a few others, but they could not find the drive.
> I'll take a look, when I get home, at what's in /etc/udev.d/rules--I
> have an older machine, with 8.10 still on it, that I can use for
> comparison.
>
> The drive works fine with the livecd, so I doubt it's mechanical.

You can check the differences between the output of dmesg with the
livecd and from the system with the problems.  In the kernel messages
there, you should see a driver announcing the presence of the drive.

That might help.

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