Accessing a USB device
Janina Sajka
janina at rednote.net
Fri Jun 24 14:05:35 EDT 2005
Yes, usb uses scsi names.
Actually works very well, in my experience. You can put a statement in
/etc/fstab and get automounts, e.g.:
/dev/sda /jetflash auto noauto,users,rw
Chuck Hallenbeck writes:
> On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Janina Sajka wrote:
>
> >hank writes:
> >>how do you access a usb flash drive?
> >
> >
> >Mount it and access like any other file system.
> >
> >If unsure where to mount, check the output of dmesg. Unless you have
> >other scsi devices, it's likely going to show up as /dev/sda.
>
> I think he was asking about a USB device. Would they use a SCSI device
> name? I have all this to look forward to once I get my UPS interface to
> work.
>
> Chuck
>
>
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