Topic Title: cannot access my new attached hardrive

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I attached new harddisk to my box, but I cannot access it from my gentoo. When kernel is loading it shows that disk and all partions (i have only one) on it. When i want to mount it (mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt/d), i got error: "mount: special device /dev/hdb1 doesnt exist". When i go through my /proc i can see that hdd under /proc/ide/hdb, but i cannt see it under my /dev. so i think problem is with my devfs. how can i create a valid entry to my /dev tree, or is there a program, like kudzu or harddrake from other distros which can do that work for me ?Thanks for all help.j.

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