[CentOS] mounting & partitioning Seagate FreeAgent external HD
Barry L. Kline
blkline at attglobal.net
Thu Jan 3 04:50:32 UTC 2008
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Tim McGeary wrote:
> I can see the device in my /proc/bus/usb/devices file, but fdisk -l
> doesn't show it at all. I was trying to mount and partition it using
> Webmin, but I can't figure out the device name I need to give it to
> mount and partition it. How is the best way to figure that out? This
> particular server is running CentOS 4.
Unplug the drive.
from root: tail -f /var/log/messages
Now plug in the drive and watch the messages scroll by. That'll tell
you very easily what the drive assignment is.
Barry
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