ok, i'm new to the linux environment so work with me...

Linux Kernel 2.4.22
Slackware 9.1

these are a few lines from my /var/logs/messages:
ohci1394_0: OHCI-1394 1.0 (PCI): IRQ=[11] MMIO=[f8fff000-f8fff7ff] Max Packet=[2048]
ohci1394_1: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[11] MMIO=[31000000-310007ff] Max Packet=[4096]
ieee1394: sbp2: Logged into SBP-2 device

it seems to me that the firewire device has been initialized and the system is working.
also in:
/proc/bus/ieee1394/devices
it shows my external hard drive:
Node[1-00:1023] GUID[0030e03a0026006f]:
Vendor ID: `wiebeTECH' [0x0030e0]
Capabilities: 0x0083c0
Bus Options:
IRMC(0) CMC(0) ISC(0) BMC(0) PMC(0) GEN(0)
LSPD(2) MAX_REC(64) CYC_CLK_ACC(255)
Unit Directory 0:
Vendor/Model ID: wiebeTECH [0030e0] / DesktopGB+ 800 [000000]
Software Specifier ID: 00609e
Software Version: 010483
Driver: SBP2 Driver
Length (in quads): 8

so it seems everything is working ok, but i do not know how to mount this drive...
i understand how to mount drives, but i cannot figure out what the system thinks this hd should be...
/dev/hda1 is my on board hard drive's first partition
/dev/hda5 is my on board hard drives' second partition
/dev/cdrom is my cdrom
/dev/fd0 is my floppy

i get it, but what /dev is my external drive that is connected to my firewire device?
suse has a hwinfo package that looks like it would give me the info i need, but i can't find such package in slackware...
basically i need to know how to find out what devices on my system are using /dev/?

thanks,
chris

It will be a /dev/sda i.e if the only SCSI device real or emulated on your system. Do you know how the drive is partitioned?

i found on another post somewhere that i may have to update my kernel to a more recent version....

the external drive itself has only one partition and is formated with ntfs...
i know i'm limited to what i can do with it because of ntfs, but i'm just tryin to learn..

i read in a post:
Misterfixit: What kernel are you using? 2.4.x kernel does not have firewire added by default. (on slack) so you may have to recompile before it works. Also, have you tried unplugging and then replugging the drive then type: dmesg | less


don't know if this is true or not