How do I detect a blanc USB disk

[Scott van Looy]

Today Uno Engborg did spake thusly:

> I'm trying to connect a new unformatted disk, using usb to fc5.
> Now I intend to partion this drive using fdisk. The question is
> how do I know what device it will get?
>
> I suppose it should be something likde /dev/sda as other USB drives I connect
> seam to use SCSI emulation. But if I try fdisk /dev/sda and the rest of the 
> alphabet
> nothing shows up.

Open a console, and with the disk unplugged from your USB, type (as root) 
tail -f /var/log/messages

Hit return a few times, or type in a line of ============== or something 
so you can see your start point

Then plug the device in and watch what happens. That should tell you all 
you need to know. However, I'm unsure as to whether or not the driver will 
work correctly with an unformatted disk, I'm guessing so, but never tried 
it...

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