Linux – Which /dev/sdX is the usb stick on

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How can I determine which /dev/sdX device my usb stick is plugged into?

I am running Ubuntu 9.04.

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You may want to use /dev/disk/by-id or /dev/disk/by-uuid/ instead. These never change for a given device, whatever /dev/sdXX your pluggable drives have.

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The messages above only indicate you have the basic USB support loaded in your kernel.

I guess you don't have the usb-serial kernel module loaded. What does lsmod | grep serial return?

What distribution are you using? And is the kernel the one bundled with the distribution or have you compiled your own?

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I know you can do this in UNetbootin gui. I haven't tried it myself, but it looks like you can do it by command-line, as well:

http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/unetbootin/wiki/commands

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