I can't mount my USB thumb drive or ipod -- no /dev/da*

[Erin Sharmahd]

> I think you're probably getting to the right problem, but I'm still
> having a few issues.  Here's what kldstat shows:
>
> [amon-re conf] kldstat
> Id Refs Address    Size     Name
>  1   13 0xc0400000 63070c   kernel
>  2    1 0xc0a31000 57c8     snd_ich.ko
>  3    2 0xc0a37000 1d408    sound.ko
>  4    1 0xc0a55000 2364     accf_http.ko
>  5    1 0xc0a58000 a30c     if_iwi.ko
>  6   16 0xc0a63000 568dc    acpi.ko
>  7    1 0xc3079000 15000    linux.ko
>
> I'm not seeing anything similar to da.ko there, but da.ko isn't right,
> and in looking through what shows up when I hit tab after kldload, I'm
> not seeing anything similar to it.
> The interesting thing is, some things like umass are not listed in
> kldstat, and yet I know that they're working.  Does that mean that
> they're built-in instead of modules?  or what?  (sorry... i'm stll
> really new to *bsd).
>
> Anyway, if anybody knows what the actual name for the module I'm
> looking for is, I'd appreciate it.  I'm also curious why it's not just
> working automagically, like it seems to do for many people.

Someone on ##freebsd suggested that i try rebooting with the ipod
plugged in, so I tried that.  Right after detecting my hard drive and
my dvd burner, the system just hung for about a minute and a half
until i unplugged the ipod.  Then, it printed something about umass0
detatched (it went by really fast), and then it continued booting.

I tried rebooting again, this time with my thumb drive, and it booted
fine, but i still didn't have /dev/da* and dmesg still didn't have any
more information than before.  I tried it also with a full power-off
between each part, but the only difference was that this time, the
kernel panicked when i unplugged the ipod after a couple minutes of
hanging...

Anyway, maybe that will give someone an idea as to what could be causing this?

Thanks,
~Erin

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