[CentOS] mounting & partitioning Seagate FreeAgent external HD
Tim McGeary
tmm8 at Lehigh.EDU
Thu Jan 3 05:00:41 UTC 2008
Barry L. Kline wrote:
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>> 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.
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> Unplug the drive.
> from root: tail -f /var/log/messages
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> Now plug in the drive and watch the messages scroll by. That'll tell
> you very easily what the drive assignment is.
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Thanks for this suggestion, Barry. I'll try it tomorrow when I get back
to the office.
TIm
Tim McGeary '99, '06G
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Lehigh University
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