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bilbod
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 5:10 pm    Post subject: The Easy Way to Figure Out the Device Name for Drives Reply with quote

This question comes up a lot in fora (especially wrt USB drives) and I have seen several answers

1. Unplug/Plug the devices (for USB) and run:
Code:
dmesg


2. If you run udev:
Code:
ls  /dev/disk/by-id/ -l


The best way I have discovered to get this info is to run:

Code:
lsblk -o NAME,MODEL,LABEL,FSTYPE,MOUNTPOINT


It even tells you if it is mounted.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Moved from Other Things Gentoo to Documentation, Tips & Tricks.

.. and thank you for the
Code:
lsblk -o NAME,MODEL,LABEL,FSTYPE,MOUNTPOINT
too, which I have not seen before
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