Amadeus W. M. enlightened us with the following gems on 08/14/2005 02:04 AM: > > sda1-sda10 are my partitions. And there's no other /dev/sd? . > > [root@phoenix ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sda > > Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120060444672 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14596 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 1 13 104391 83 Linux > /dev/sda2 * 14 523 4096575 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda3 524 650 1020127+ 83 Linux > /dev/sda4 651 14596 112021245 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/sda5 651 9574 71681998+ 83 Linux > /dev/sda6 9575 10211 5116671 83 Linux > /dev/sda7 10212 10848 5116671 83 Linux > /dev/sda8 10849 11103 2048256 83 Linux > /dev/sda9 11104 11358 2048256 82 Linux swap / Solaris > /dev/sda10 11359 14596 26009203+ 83 Linux try # fdisk -l without the /dev/sda - it will show you all partitions it can see on all disks it can see... or alternatively, once the usb key is in, # ls /media # cat /etc/fstab # ls /dev/sd* as device nodes and mountpoints should be automatically configured for detected/recognised devices or even # dmesg | grep storage should show you what the kernel has detected once you plug your usb key in (you may not even need the grep part) Stuart -- Stuart Sears RHCE RHCX printk("Churning and Burning -"); linux-2.6.6/drivers/char/lcd.c