On Sun, 3 Jun 2012 14:04:51 +0100 Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, > > How to know what is the device corresponding to a certain external > disk? I would like to format it and avoiding any undesirable > formatting of other disks. > > Thanks in advance, > > Paul The traditional linux hacker way to be sure is to unplug the disk, then do a "tail -f /var/log/messages" and when that is running, plug the disk back in. You'll see messages appear about /dev/sde (or whatever the name is). -- 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
