On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 13:07, Michael Torrie wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 12:55, mike wrote:
> > Does anyone know how to figure out the correct name for a USB mass
> > storage device so that I can mount it? (it's a digital camera) 
> > 
> > I just need to know what to put in the fstab file. 
> > 
> > /dev/????    /mnt/digital_camera     auto    noauto,user     0 0 
> > 
> 
> probably /dev/sda1
> 
> My redhat 8 box usually adds the correct entry to fstab when I plug in
> my card reader.  Comes to /mnt/flash.  Maybe rh will do the same thing
> here.

Any idea how it's doing that?

> You can check the log file and see what device was assigned when you
> plug it in.  Just do this as root before plugging in the device:
> 
> tail -f /var/log/messages

You could also type 'dmesg'. It's shorter but will flood you. You could
also type 'dmesg | tail'.

Props to ya Mike, I'm doing homework and looking for excuses to avoid
it. What's your excuse for constantly beating me to the punch by a
minute or more? ;-)

-- 
Stuart Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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