[ale] What is the /dev file for a usb drive

Danny Cox danscox at mindspring.com
Fri Jul 5 13:53:04 EDT 2002


Thompson,

On Fri, 2002-07-05 at 13:37, Thompson Freeman wrote:
> Which /dev file entry do you use to mount a usb drive under RH7.2? That is
> 
> mount -t msdos /dev/?????? /mnt/floppy
> 
> where the "?" marks indicate the appropriate device filename.

	The last time I tried it, it ended up under /dev/sda; i.e. it's using
the SCSI driver to handler the high-level parts.  However, an fdisk
reported all sorts of funny (IOW: wrong!) info for it.

	Look in /proc/scsi/scsi to see if that's where it's showing up.

	Perhaps you'll have better luck!

-- 
kernel, n.: A part of an operating system that preserves the
medieval traditions of sorcery and black art.

Danny


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