How do I detect a blanc USB disk

[Uno Engborg]

ons 2006-10-25 klockan 10:56 -0700 skrev Tod Merley:
> On 10/25/06, Uno Engborg <uno at webworks.se> wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > Regards
> > Uno Engborg
> >
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> 
> Hi Uno Engborg!
> 
> This found googling "format usb hard drive linux"
> 
> # General Tutorial
> http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Add_a_new_hard_drive
> 
> These I found by Googleing "blank usb disk linux":
> 
> # One hard for the 2.4 series Kernel
> http://users.actrix.co.nz/michael/neodeo.html
> 
> # For a flash drive but issues are similar
> http://www.althack.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=27
> 
> I would be interested in looking at system and messages in /var/log
> along with dmesg, also there are usb query tools:
> 
> http://www.linux-usb.org/FAQ.html
> 
> http://www.linux-usb.org/
> 
> http://www.linux-usb.org/tools.html
> 
> Good Hunting!
> 
> Tod
> 

Thanks for all the links. Problem solved, or at least identified.
It turnd out that the drive was broken. Not the exactly the first
thing you expect from a brand new device.

Regards
Uno Engborg