USB Flash Drive on Dave's IA-64 SuSE SLES Linux

1/26/2017

mount /dev/sdb1 /media/sdb1 ls -al /media/sdb1 It's ready to use.

Your setup will probably be different

For IBM Emerald's running SuSE, it will probably be:

mount /dev/sdaa1 /media/sdaa1 ls -al /media/sdaa1 Go HERE for more information NOTE that contrary to the instructions (above), you will NOT know what drive "name" Linux will provide - it will change depending on what hardware is installed.

How to determine the USB device name

After booting up: 1) run tail -s 3 -f /var/log/messages 2) Plug in your USB Flash disk 3) Look for messages similar to: Aug 26 17:06:09 localhost kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1f.2-1, assigned address 4 Aug 26 17:06:13 localhost /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usb-storage for USB product d7d/100/100 Aug 26 17:06:13 localhost /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup nomadjukebox for USB product d7d/100/100 Aug 26 17:06:13 localhost /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Module setup nomadjukebox for USB product d7d/100/100 Aug 26 17:06:13 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 121856 512-byte hdwr sectors (62 MB) Aug 26 17:06:13 localhost kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Aug 26 17:06:13 localhost kernel: sda: sda1 Aug 26 17:06:13 localhost devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted 4) In this example, the bolded sda1 is the USB flash memory stick In my lab systems, Linux is using sdb1 on my xSeries 342 w/RHEL 3.0 Linux is using sdb1 on my xSeries 330 w/RHEL 2.1

Other Linux USB Mount Points

====================================== SUSE 9 on IA-64 (an xSeries 382 [dual Itanium 2's): ====================================== DVD/CD-writer: /dev/hda on /media/cdrecorder USB 1 GB SanDisk Cruzer (Geek Stick/Flash Memory Stick): -- vendor and s/n | v /dev/sdc1 on /media/usb-SNDK3EE5941C0EC0130Z:0:0:0p1 ======================================== SUSE 9 on x64_AMD (an xSeries 325 [dual Opterons]: ======================================== CD-reader: /dev/hdc on /media/cdrom USB 1 GB SanDisk Cruzer (Geek Stick/Flash Memory Stick): -- vendor and s/n | v /dev/sdb1 on /media/usb-SNDK3EE5941C0EC0130Z:0:0:0p1