Balky mounting of external devices

[Bob Copeland]

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Oct  7 20:50:23 localhost kernel: [114416.426175] scsi 26:0:0:0: Direct-Access     HTC      Android Phone    0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
> Oct  7 20:50:23 localhost kernel: [114416.426336] sd 26:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
> Oct  7 20:50:23 localhost kernel: [114416.432119] sd 26:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
>
> * If I try mounting /dev/sdc1 (either as ordinary user or root), it's
>  not found
> * "fdisk -l" doesn't even see /dev/sdc

It's possible that this disk doesn't have a partition table -- try
mounting /dev/sdc directly instead of /dev/sdc1.

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