[SLUG] Which /dev/sd* device is which

From: Paul M Foster (paulf@quillandmouse.com)
Date: Thu Oct 08 2009 - 15:14:35 EDT


Folks:

You now how externally connected drives and such, connected by USB show
up as /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc? Is there a program somewhere in Linux
which maps out what devices end up as /dev/sdX? lsusb gives voluminous
details, but doesn't appear to give me a clue whether a device will end
up as /dev/sda or /dev/sdg or what. Currently, if I plug an external USB
hard drive in, I have to attempt to mount each /dev/sdX device until I
find the one I just mounted.

Any bright ideas?

Paul

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