[CentOS] Device name for a USB disk

[Todd Cary]

I see a sda and a sda1.  Should I use the sda1?

Todd

joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de wrote:
> Todd Cary wrote:
>> What is the device name for a USB drive?  I want to rsync some files 
>> to it and I have completely forgotten the device name!
>>
>> /usr/bin/rsync -av --exclude=".*" -e ssh /home/ /dev/???????/
>
> Because these are managed as SCSI drives, the names are 
> /dev/sda[1...], /dev/sdb[1...],...
>>
>> Many thanks....
>>
>> Todd
>>
>
>

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