On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 11:57, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > > > > when you plug it in, it should make an entry in /var/log/dmesg... > > > > tail /var/log/dmesg should tell you which device it is...it's likely >not > > to be /dev/sda1 > > > > Sorry, mistake: after I *re-started* my system, things change as follows: > > $ tail /var/log/dmesg > usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage > scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > Vendor: USB 2.0 Model: Mobile Disk Rev: > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured > USB Mass Storage device found at 2 > USB Mass Storage support registered. > kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds > EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,3), internal journal > EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Actually....my suggestion would be to boot your system without the drive installed. When everything is up and running you should be looking in /var/log/messages and not dmesg. With luck you will see something like.... Jan 21 10:42:02 misty kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.1-2, assigned address 2 Jan 21 10:42:02 misty kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0xd7d/0x100) is not claimed by any active driver. Jan 21 10:42:05 misty /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usb-storage for USB product d7d/100/100 Jan 21 10:42:05 misty kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Jan 21 10:42:05 misty kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage Jan 21 10:42:05 misty kernel: scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Jan 21 10:42:05 misty kernel: Starting timer : 0 0 Jan 21 10:42:05 misty kernel: Vendor: Model: USB DISK Rev: 2.0F Jan 21 10:42:05 misty kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Jan 21 10:42:05 misty kernel: Starting timer : 0 0 Jan 21 10:42:05 misty kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdc at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Jan 21 10:42:05 misty kernel: SCSI device sdc: 507904 512-byte hdwr sectors (260 MB) Jan 21 10:42:05 misty kernel: sdc: Write Protect is off Jan 21 10:42:05 misty kernel: sdc: sdc1 Jan 21 10:42:05 misty kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. Jan 21 10:42:09 misty devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted In my case I would then mount /dev/sdc1.... Ed -- "An opinion is like an asshole - everybody has one." - Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan, The Dead Pool - 1988. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list