On 12/15/2010 12:23 PM, community help wrote: > How can I know the name of my usb key (i have 2 ports, i want to know the name of the one that is pluged in), in the /dev directory. dmesg is probably the easiest. Plug in a usb device, and type "dmesg:tail" Like this: # dmesg|tail scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access Kingston DataTraveler G2 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 31309760 512-byte logical blocks: (16.0 GB/14.9 GiB) sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 16 24 09 51 sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through sdb: sdb1 sdb2 < sdb5 > sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk Or use "lsusb". Andrew. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
