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]> #define FALSE 0 /* This is the naked Truth */ #define TRUE 1 /* and this is the Light */ -- mailto.c _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
