Disk on key

[Maimon Oded]

Hi,

When i enter a disk on key to one of my usb's, how can i know which 
device the usb on?

i dont think lsusb give me the device name (/dev/sda1,sda2...)

Thanks,

Oded.

[Jeff Vian]

On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 13:10 +0200, Oded Maimon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When i enter a disk on key to one of my usb's, how can i know which 
> device the usb on?
>
> i dont think lsusb give me the device name (/dev/sda1,sda2...)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Oded.

You can use either "dmesg" or "tail /var/log/messages" to see what
device name was added.

[Saurabh Bathe]

Oded Maimon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When i enter a disk on key to one of my usb's, how can i know which 
> device the usb on?
>
> i dont think lsusb give me the device name (/dev/sda1,sda2...)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Oded.

Check dmesg.
It will tell the device name assigend to the usb stick/disk

-Saurabh

[Maimon Oded]

Saurabh Bathe wrote:
> Oded Maimon wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > When i enter a disk on key to one of my usb's, how can i know which 
> > device the usb on?
> >
> > i dont think lsusb give me the device name (/dev/sda1,sda2...)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Oded.
>
> Check dmesg.
> It will tell the device name assigend to the usb stick/disk
>
> -Saurabh

Thanks,
but, this is the only way to know? by checking the syslog/dmesg? no 
command that can give this information?

Regards,
Oded.

[Paul Almquist]

On Friday 03 June 2005 18:27, Oded Maimon wrote:
> Saurabh Bathe wrote:
> > Oded Maimon wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > When i enter a disk on key to one of my usb's, how can i know which
> > > device the usb on?
> > >
> > > i dont think lsusb give me the device name (/dev/sda1,sda2...)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Oded.
> >
> > Check dmesg.
> > It will tell the device name assigend to the usb stick/disk
> >
> > -Saurabh
>
> Thanks,
> but, this is the only way to know? by checking the syslog/dmesg? no
> command that can give this information?
>
> Regards,
> Oded.

build your own command such as:
dmesg | tail

you could pipe dmesg output through grep or awk for more precise selection

[Oliver Leitner]

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Paul Almquist wrote:

| On Friday 03 June 2005 18:27, Oded Maimon wrote:
|
|> Saurabh Bathe wrote:
|>
|>> Oded Maimon wrote:
|>>
|>>> Hi,
|>>>
|>>> When i enter a disk on key to one of my usb's, how can i know
|>>> which device the usb on?
|>>>
|>>>
|>>> i dont think lsusb give me the device name
|>>> (/dev/sda1,sda2...)
|>>>
|>>>
|>>> Thanks,
|>>>
|>>> Oded.
|>>
|>> Check dmesg. It will tell the device name assigend to the usb
|>> stick/disk
|>>
|>> -Saurabh
|>
|> Thanks, but, this is the only way to know? by checking the
|> syslog/dmesg? no command that can give this information?
|>
|> Regards, Oded.
|
| build your own command such as: dmesg | tail
|
| you could pipe dmesg output through grep or awk for more precise
| selection
|
Dear Paul Almquist

in case you have a gui on that box, you might want to give "usbview" a
try...

Greetings
Oliver Leitner
Technical Staff
http://www.shells.at
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