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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device
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On 29 Jun 2009, at 12:48, dhk wrote:

> I have a wireless hand held scanner that is temporary connected with a
> usb cable.  I would like to embed Gentoo on it, but I don't know the
> mount.  How can I find the device?
>
>> lsscsi # just shows the scsi hard drive.
>> cat /proc/partitions # just shows the eide and scsi partitions.
>> lsusb # This does recognize the device and give me the following
> Bus 005 Device 004: ID 05e0:2000 Symbol Technologies
>
> What do I do at this point to communicate with the device?

Are you sure the device should appear as a mass storage device? That  
appears to be what you're expecting, but I don't find that clear at all.

Stroller.