Author Topic: how to find device path for USB (Read 5146 times)

enoch · « **on:** October 02, 2009, 03:37:21 PM »

I would like to access / mount my USB drive, how do I find the path or command?

gerald_clark · « **Reply #1 on:** October 02, 2009, 03:40:10 PM »

Plug in the USB drive.
Go to a root shell.
look in /mnt for the partition - EX: sda1
mount the partition - EX: mount /mnt/sda1

roberts · « **Reply #2 on:** October 02, 2009, 04:56:58 PM »

We have a GUI tool. Control Panel -> Mount Tool
Clicking top button cycles through devices, clicking bottom button will change status mount/unmount.

gerald_clark · « **Reply #3 on:** October 02, 2009, 11:46:05 PM »

Well, I am a command line guy, so sometimes I forget.

roberts · « **Reply #4 on:** October 02, 2009, 11:52:20 PM »

That's cool. But some are not ! We try to please both.

enoch · « **Reply #5 on:** October 03, 2009, 10:29:30 AM »

Thanks the mount tool worked, /mnt gave Permission Denied even at root.

3rail · « **Reply #6 on:** October 04, 2009, 02:27:03 AM »

I find that after inserting my usb stick

sudo fdisk -l
usually helps me find what I'm looking for

hth

Juanito · « **Reply #7 on:** October 04, 2009, 02:35:43 AM »

..or:

$ dmesg | tail -20

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