mounting one usb interface (from 2 identified)

Ranjan Maitra maitra.mbox.ignored at inbox.com
Fri Nov 23 03:30:43 UTC 2012


On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:17:47 +0800 Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com>
wrote:

> On 11/23/2012 10:41 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> >
> >> I didn't catch your original email, so please excuse if I answer a 
> >> question you didn't ask.
> >>
> >> You want to mount a usb device that for some reason doesn't automount?
> >>
> >> Try these commands in a console window:
> >>
> >> [1] unplug the usb device
> >>
> >> [2] > ls /dev
> >>
> >> [3] plug in the device
> >>
> >> [4] > ls /dev
> >>
> >> Now identify the new device in /dev by comparing the output from [2] and 
> >> [4].
> > The output differs by sdb and sdc
> 
> Are you saying you don't have an sdb1 or sdc1?
> 
> If the device you have is a storage device which has partition table defined it you should get /dev/sdbX (where X is an integer).  If you're not getting this, the device doesn't have a valid partition table.

Yes, this is correct. Any suggestions then?

Thanks,
Ranjan

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