[kde-linux] kde 3.1

[Merton Campbell Crockett]

The specific Linux distribution may also make a difference.  Under SuSE, 
the information is available through YaST in addition to the KDE Control 
Module.  YaST provides more detailed information gathered from its probes 
for devices.

Merton Campbell Crockett

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, Dave Nebinger wrote:

> If it's an IDE-based drive, it will show up as /dev/hda, /dev/hdb, /dev/hdc, 
> or /dev/hdd depending upon whether it is the primary master (hda), primary 
> slave (hdb), secondary master (hdc), or secondary slave (hdd).
> 
> If it is SCSI-based, then it will show up as /dev/sdXY, where X represents a 
> device and B represents the partition on the device (if it is partitioned; 
> primarilly look for /dev/sdX).
> 
> If it is USB-based, well then it's a different story all together.  You need 
> to know if he's running devfs or udev before we can tell you where to look 
> to see if it is available.
> 
> Long story short - the device manager from the windows world doesn't exist 
> in the linux world - we operate at a much lower level.
> 
> Try to provide info such as the kernel version he's running, the GUI that 
> might be available (I'm going to assume that if you're posting to the KDE 
> list that he's running KDE), and even whether he's used the zip drive before 
> (if he has, he probably knows how to mount it for you).
> 
> Dave
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Michael J. Reccoppa
> To: kde-linux at kde.org
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 9:39 PM
> Subject: [kde-linux] kde 3.1
> 
> 
> I have a question regarding kde 3.1 that I was wondering if you can help 
> with.
> 
> I'm a configuration engineer that typically only deals with Windows servers. 
> One of my customers has us loading KDE 3.1 on a IBM 8190 Server and install 
> an internal IOmega IDE Zip Drive.  I'm very new dealing with Linux and I'm 
> not really sure where to go to confirm that the Zip drive is installed and 
> is seen by the OS.
> 
> In Windows XP, I can go into the Device Manager and look under disk drives 
> to see if it's there, but I am not sure where to go in KDE 3.1.
> 
> Could you tell me where to go and verify that the Zip Drive is installed and 
> being seen by the OS?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Michael
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