search drives

ahmed gamal · 04-02-2006, 08:22 AM

is there any programms that can search hardware like in windows
i have an asus cd writer an other drives that i cant use them

Alien_Hominid · 04-02-2006, 08:36 AM

Run lspci and dmesg.

ahmed gamal · 04-02-2006, 08:38 AM

is it effiecent for all drivers?

Alien_Hominid · 04-02-2006, 08:42 AM

No. For connected usb drives use lsusb. For raid - lsraid. If you have compiled 2.6 kernel with sysfs support, look at /sys. You can also look at /var/log/messages after connecting the device.

ahmed gamal · 04-02-2006, 08:48 AM

sorry i have 2.4 kernal it works fine with me
but i asked about like connecting westerndigital hard disk in windows
i see it automatically but in sw i have to mount it drive - drive
cant sw be more easier!!!

phil.d.g · 04-02-2006, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by ahmed gamal

sorry i have 2.4 kernal it works fine with me

So whats your problem then?

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Originally Posted by ahmed gamal

but i asked about like connecting westerndigital hard disk in windows

First I've heard about a western digital hard drive.

IDE harddrives are normally given a device name of the form /dev/hdXN. Where X is a letter {a,b,c,d..} that refers to the physical location of the drive, for example /dev/hdb would be the primary slave hdd. N refers to the partition number that you want

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Originally Posted by ahmed gamal

i see it automatically but in sw i have to mount it drive - drive

You can add an entry to /etc/fstab to have the drive mounted at boot time automatically.

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Originally Posted by ahmed gamal

cant sw be more easier!!!

I think Slackware is fine the way it is!

TSquaredF · 04-02-2006, 09:07 AM

You can automatically mount your drives in fstab. See: 'man fstab'
Regards,
Bill

onebuck · 04-02-2006, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by ahmed gamal

is there any programms that can search hardware like in windows
i have an asus cd writer an other drives that i cant use them

Hi,

I've noticed that you are posting a lot of general questions. How about doing a little reference on your own! You can get a lot of information from some of the references in my sig.

HThiSelf! See my sig.

HTH!