Disk on key

[Oliver Leitner]

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Paul Almquist wrote:

| On Friday 03 June 2005 18:27, Oded Maimon wrote:
|
|> Saurabh Bathe wrote:
|>
|>> Oded Maimon wrote:
|>>
|>>> Hi,
|>>>
|>>> When i enter a disk on key to one of my usb's, how can i know
|>>> which device the usb on?
|>>>
|>>>
|>>> i dont think lsusb give me the device name
|>>> (/dev/sda1,sda2...)
|>>>
|>>>
|>>> Thanks,
|>>>
|>>> Oded.
|>>
|>> Check dmesg. It will tell the device name assigend to the usb
|>> stick/disk
|>>
|>> -Saurabh
|>
|> Thanks, but, this is the only way to know? by checking the
|> syslog/dmesg? no command that can give this information?
|>
|> Regards, Oded.
|
| build your own command such as: dmesg | tail
|
| you could pipe dmesg output through grep or awk for more precise
| selection
|
Dear Paul Almquist

in case you have a gui on that box, you might want to give "usbview" a
try...

Greetings
Oliver Leitner
Technical Staff
http://www.shells.at
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