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 -- Paul Almquist paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Eau Claire, WI USA
