From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 19 8:47:55 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4170137B401 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 08:47:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (oe70.law12.hotmail.com [64.4.18.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2D6143F75 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 08:47:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from b1henning@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 08:47:52 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [192.216.212.193] From: "Brian Henning" To: References: <200302191841.25954.will@unfoldings.net> Subject: Re: usb zip drive Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:46:20 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Feb 2003 16:47:52.0437 (UTC) FILETIME=[A4CA9A50:01C2D836] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i am not sure it will be in my dmesg if the device doesn't exist on boot.. or will dmesg hold info about devices loaded after boot? -----Original Message----- From: Willie Viljoen [mailto:will@unfoldings.net] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 10:41 AM To: Brian Henning Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: usb zip drive Your drive should be recognized by umass, you'll be able to view the device name it is assigned in the output form dmesg. All you should need to do is create an entry for it in /etc/fstab On Wednesday 19 February 2003 18:36, Brian Henning wrote: > after i boot my machine i would like to attatch a usb zip drive. does > freebsd scan for new hardware when it is plugged in or is this a manual > process? if so what tools are out there to perform these tasks? > > cheers, > b > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Willie Viljoen Freelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) will@unfoldings.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message