[ale] What is the /dev file for a usb drive

[James P. Kinney III]

It also depends on whether you have the usb-devfs stuff compiled in. If
so, it will show in /proc/bus/usb. But it will still show up in
/dev/sdx. Unless you are using full blown devfs. Then it will be in (I
think, it's been a while since I was testing this) /dev/usb/something.

This is clearly an area where Linux could use some guidance/direction
/revamping. Devfs will eventually solve the problem. But it has some
"issues" still.

On Fri, 2002-07-05 at 13:53, Danny Cox wrote:
> Thompson,
> 
> On Fri, 2002-07-05 at 13:37, Thompson Freeman wrote:
> > Which /dev file entry do you use to mount a usb drive under RH7.2? That is
> > 
> > mount -t msdos /dev/?????? /mnt/floppy
> > 
> > where the "?" marks indicate the appropriate device filename.
> 
> 	The last time I tried it, it ended up under /dev/sda; i.e. it's using
> the SCSI driver to handler the high-level parts.  However, an fdisk
> reported all sorts of funny (IOW: wrong!) info for it.
> 
> 	Look in /proc/scsi/scsi to see if that's where it's showing up.
> 
> 	Perhaps you'll have better luck!
> 
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> 
> Danny
> 
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