Re: How do I find a floppy drive in /dev (not in /dev/fd!)?
On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 09:56:19PM -0800, Peter Stoddard wrote:
> I have purchased a Mitsumi USB (external) floppy drive, and, having attached
> it to my computer, I am trying to find where it is located in /dev. I would
> like to use the udev system, and the command udevinfo, but it seems I have to
> specify the location of the floppy drive in /dev first, and I don't know how
> to do that.
>
...
>
> Can't find it. So I can't use commands like
>
> superformat /dev/???
> udevinfo /dev/???
>
> And I can't write a rule for udev to map the device to a convenient place. It
> seems like I have to find it first! How can I do that? Do I really have to
> just look around until I find it, or is there some systematic way to find it?
>
> Pete
Look at
http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html
I found if very helpful.
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Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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