On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 10:34 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 07Dec2011 10:44, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > | On 12/07/2011 06:18 AM, Robert Nichols wrote: > | > An issue with both the fdisk and blkid solutions is that they will spin > | > up every sleeping drive on your system. Looking at the output from dmesg > | > won't do that. > | > | I tried dmesg first but never found anything useful in it. > > There should be a sequence like the below when you plug in a USB drive: > > usb-storage: device found at 5 > usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning > scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD My Book 1110 1030 PQ: 0 > ANSI: 4 > sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg7 type 0 > scsi 9:0:0:1: CD-ROM WD Virtual CD 1110 1030 PQ: 0 > ANSI: 4 > sd 9:0:0:0: [sdf] 1952151552 512-byte hardware sectors: (999 GB/930 GiB) > sd 9:0:0:0: [sdf] Write Protect is off > sd 9:0:0:0: [sdf] Mode Sense: 23 00 10 00 > sd 9:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through > sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 51x/51x caddy > sr 9:0:0:1: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 > sr 9:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg8 type 5 > scsi 9:0:0:2: Enclosure WD SES Device 1030 PQ: 0 > ANSI: 4 > scsi 9:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg9 type 13 > sd 9:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through > sdf: sdf1 > usb-storage: device scan complete > sd 9:0:0:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI disk > > And thus the drive is /dev/sdf, with the data partition /dev/sdf1. > > You may need to scroll back a bit if a lot of stuff is going on in > dmesg. > Great, but could the displaying of the information be made more obscure? -- ======================================================================= The luck that is ordained for you will be coveted by others. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
