Re: How do I find a floppy drive in /dev (not in /dev/fd!)?
On Tuesday 17 January 2006 01:28 am, Paul E Condon wrote:
Many thanks Paul. "Tips for finding the appropriate places in SYSFS" is all
the way at the bottom of http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html.
> 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.
>
> --
> Paul E Condon
> pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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