1. # load the appropriate modules:

    echo ieee1394         >> /etc/modules-`uname -r` # FireWire protocol
    echo ohci1394          >> /etc/modules-`uname -r` # Open Host Controller Interface
    echo raw1394           >> /etc/modules-`uname -r` # Serial Bus Protocol-2
    echo usb-storage       >> /etc/modules-`uname -r` # generic usb support for storage devices 
   

2. # check whether the device is present according to your machine:

    sudo gscanbus 
   

3. # if the device is not yet present, you might need to execute the utility from http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/rescan-scsi-bus.sh to look for new scsi devices:

    cd /usr/local/bin
    wget -N --retr-symlinks http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/rescan-scsi-bus.sh
    sudo sh /usr/local/bin/rescan-scsi-bus.sh 
   

4. # list the partitions which are currently known to your machine with:

    sudo sfdisk -l 
   

Space is big.  You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly
big it is.  I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the
drug store, but that's just peanuts to space.
                -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy