[olug] usb device relation to scsi device

[Eric Penne]

my cf reader reports to dmesg without the card plugged in.  I've kinda
been looking for something similar.  Some type of program that gives a
listing of all the USB devices that are connected.

> Anything besides dmesg has been my question I guess... I'm looking for
> something in /proc or some standard way of correlating between the two
> (usb device to scsi) as it doesn't always show up on dmesg (it doesn't
> actually, thats the problem).  Sometimes also adding the usb device to a
> running system doesn't report anything to dmesg.  I think also if it's a
> usb sm/cf card reader, it might not say anything unless it detects the
> card inserted on boot?
>
>
> On Wed, 7 May 2003 18:36:05 -0500 (CDT)
> "Eric Penne" <epenne at olug.org> wrote:
>
> |I check dmesg to see what it registered as.
> |
> |> If I hookup a usb mass storage device, like a digital camera/smart |>
> media/compact flash or such, and linux recognizes it as a scsi device |>
> (usually as /dev/sda1), is there any way to find this out in the |>
> system? Can I find out how a certain usb device is being references as
> |> scsi one(/dev/sd** instead of trying each one...)
> |>
> |> mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb
> |> mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb ...
> |>
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