Just purchased a new Samsung 250 Gig SSD, extern & internal. When I pluged it into my Mint Linux desktop via USB it never showed up or auto mounted. When I tried to run the command 'sudo mount /dev/sdc /mnt' it gave me this error, 'mount: you must specify the filesystem type'. I have yet to format and I have no idea what it is out of the box. What can I do here? Thanks.
lewashby 56 Junior Poster
pixelsoul 272 Red Pill Featured Poster
Happens usually with any OS. You have to format the disk before it can be used because it hasn't been formatted with a file system yet. Here is an article that may be useful. They are showing it with Ubuntu but it may still apply.
http://geekyprojects.com/ubuntu/how-to-format-a-usb-external-hard-drive-for-linux/
pixelsoul 272 Red Pill Featured Poster
This one actually may be better for you
http://freshtutorial.com/format-pen-drive-usb-external-drives-linux/
lewashby 56 Junior Poster
In those examples the drive was mounting just fine and mounting where it should, I'M not that luck, take a look.
Here's what I get with the HD plugged in:
garrett@ubuntu:~$ ls -l /dev
total 0
crw------T 1 root root 10, 235 Mar 29 15:44 autofs
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 740 Mar 29 16:30 block
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 160 Mar 29 16:30 bsg
crw------T 1 root root 10, 234 Mar 29 15:44 btrfs-control
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Mar 29 15:43 bus
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Mar 29 15:44 cdrom -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Mar 29 15:44 cdrw -> sr0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3880 Mar 29 16:30 char
crw------- 1 root root 5, 1 Mar 29 15:44 console
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Mar 29 15:44 core -> /proc/kcore
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Mar 29 15:44 cpu
crw------- 1 root root 10, 60 Mar 29 15:44 cpu_dma_latency
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 100 Mar 29 15:43 disk
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Mar 29 15:44 dri
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Mar 29 15:44 dvd -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Mar 29 15:44 dvdrw -> sr0
crw------- 1 root root 10, 61 Mar 29 15:44 ecryptfs
crw-rw---- 1 root video 29, 0 Mar 29 15:44 fb0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Mar 29 15:44 fd -> /proc/self/fd
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 7 Mar 29 15:44 full
crw-rw-rwT 1 root fuse 10, 229 Mar 29 15:44 fuse
crw------- 1 root root 251, 0 Mar 29 15:44 fw0
crw------- 1 root root 250, 0 Mar 29 15:44 hidraw0
crw------- 1 root root 250, 1 Mar 29 15:44 hidraw1
crw------- 1 root root 250, 2 Mar 29 15:44 hidraw2
crw------- 1 root root 10, 228 Mar 29 15:44 hpet
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 360 Mar 29 16:01 input
crw------- 1 root root 1, 11 Mar 29 15:44 kmsg
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Mar 29 15:44 log
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 0 Mar 29 15:44 loop0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 1 Mar 29 15:44 loop1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 2 Mar 29 15:44 loop2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 3 Mar 29 15:44 loop3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 4 Mar 29 15:44 loop4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 5 Mar 29 15:44 loop5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 6 Mar 29 15:44 loop6
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 7 Mar 29 15:44 loop7
crw------- 1 root root 10, 237 Mar 29 15:44 loop-control
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 Mar 29 15:44 lp0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Mar 29 15:43 mapper
crw------- 1 root root 10, 227 Mar 29 15:44 mcelog
crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 1 Mar 29 15:44 mem
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Mar 29 15:43 net
crw------- 1 root root 10, 59 Mar 29 15:44 network_latency
crw------- 1 root root 10, 58 Mar 29 15:44 network_throughput
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Mar 29 15:44 null
crw------- 1 root root 1, 12 Mar 29 15:44 oldmem
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 0 Mar 29 15:44 parport0
crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 4 Mar 29 15:44 port
crw------- 1 root root 108, 0 Mar 29 15:44 ppp
crw------- 1 root root 10, 1 Mar 29 15:44 psaux
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 2 Mar 29 16:30 ptmx
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Mar 29 15:43 pts
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 0 Mar 29 15:44 ram0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 1 Mar 29 15:44 ram1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 10 Mar 29 15:44 ram10
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 11 Mar 29 15:44 ram11
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 12 Mar 29 15:44 ram12
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 13 Mar 29 15:44 ram13
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 14 Mar 29 15:44 ram14
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 15 Mar 29 15:44 ram15
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 2 Mar 29 15:44 ram2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 3 Mar 29 15:44 ram3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 4 Mar 29 15:44 ram4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 5 Mar 29 15:44 ram5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 6 Mar 29 15:44 ram6
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 7 Mar 29 15:44 ram7
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 8 Mar 29 15:44 ram8
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 9 Mar 29 15:44 ram9
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 8 Mar 29 15:44 random
crw-r--r-- 1 root root 10, 62 Mar 29 15:44 rfkill
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Mar 29 15:44 rtc -> rtc0
crw------- 1 root root 254, 0 Mar 29 15:44 rtc0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 0 Mar 29 15:44 sda
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 1 Mar 29 15:44 sda1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 2 Mar 29 15:44 sda2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 3 Mar 29 15:44 sda3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 4 Mar 29 15:44 sda4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 5 Mar 29 15:44 sda5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 16 Mar 29 15:44 sdb
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 32 Mar 29 15:44 sdc
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 48 Mar 29 15:44 sdd
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 64 Mar 29 15:44 sde
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 0 Mar 29 15:44 sg0
crw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 21, 1 Mar 29 15:44 sg1
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 2 Mar 29 15:44 sg2
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 3 Mar 29 15:44 sg3
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 4 Mar 29 15:44 sg4
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 5 Mar 29 15:44 sg5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Mar 29 15:43 shm -> /run/shm
crw------- 1 root root 10, 231 Mar 29 15:44 snapshot
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 180 Mar 29 15:44 snd
brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Mar 29 15:44 sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 29 15:44 stderr -> /proc/self/fd/2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 29 15:44 stdin -> /proc/self/fd/0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 29 15:44 stdout -> /proc/self/fd/1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 0 Mar 29 16:22 tty
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 0 Mar 29 15:44 tty0
crw------- 1 garrett tty 4, 1 Mar 29 16:00 tty1
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 10 Mar 29 15:44 tty10
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 11 Mar 29 15:44 tty11
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 12 Mar 29 15:44 tty12
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 13 Mar 29 15:44 tty13
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 14 Mar 29 15:44 tty14
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 15 Mar 29 15:44 tty15
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 16 Mar 29 15:44 tty16
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 17 Mar 29 15:44 tty17
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 18 Mar 29 15:44 tty18
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 19 Mar 29 15:44 tty19
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 2 Mar 29 15:44 tty2
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 20 Mar 29 15:44 tty20
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 21 Mar 29 15:44 tty21
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 22 Mar 29 15:44 tty22
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 23 Mar 29 15:44 tty23
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 24 Mar 29 15:44 tty24
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 25 Mar 29 15:44 tty25
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 26 Mar 29 15:44 tty26
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 27 Mar 29 15:44 tty27
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 28 Mar 29 15:44 tty28
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 29 Mar 29 15:44 tty29
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 3 Mar 29 15:44 tty3
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 30 Mar 29 15:44 tty30
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 31 Mar 29 15:44 tty31
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 32 Mar 29 15:44 tty32
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 33 Mar 29 15:44 tty33
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 34 Mar 29 15:44 tty34
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 35 Mar 29 15:44 tty35
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 36 Mar 29 15:44 tty36
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 37 Mar 29 15:44 tty37
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 38 Mar 29 15:44 tty38
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 39 Mar 29 15:44 tty39
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 4 Mar 29 15:44 tty4
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 40 Mar 29 15:44 tty40
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 41 Mar 29 15:44 tty41
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 42 Mar 29 15:44 tty42
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 43 Mar 29 15:44 tty43
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 44 Mar 29 15:44 tty44
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 45 Mar 29 15:44 tty45
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 46 Mar 29 15:44 tty46
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 47 Mar 29 15:44 tty47
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 48 Mar 29 15:44 tty48
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 49 Mar 29 15:44 tty49
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 5 Mar 29 15:44 tty5
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 50 Mar 29 15:44 tty50
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 51 Mar 29 15:44 tty51
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 52 Mar 29 15:44 tty52
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 53 Mar 29 15:44 tty53
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 54 Mar 29 15:44 tty54
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 55 Mar 29 15:44 tty55
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 56 Mar 29 15:44 tty56
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 57 Mar 29 15:44 tty57
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 58 Mar 29 15:44 tty58
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 59 Mar 29 15:44 tty59
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 6 Mar 29 15:44 tty6
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 60 Mar 29 15:44 tty60
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 61 Mar 29 15:44 tty61
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 62 Mar 29 15:44 tty62
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 63 Mar 29 15:44 tty63
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 7 Mar 29 15:44 tty7
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 8 Mar 29 15:44 tty8
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 9 Mar 29 15:44 tty9
crw------- 1 root root 5, 3 Mar 29 15:44 ttyprintk
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 65 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS1
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 74 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS10
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 75 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS11
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 76 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS12
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 77 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS13
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 78 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS14
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 79 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS15
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 80 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS16
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 81 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS17
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 82 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS18
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 83 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS19
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 66 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS2
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 84 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS20
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 85 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS21
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 86 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS22
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 87 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS23
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 88 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS24
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 89 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS25
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 90 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS26
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 91 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS27
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 92 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS28
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 93 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS29
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 67 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS3
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 94 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS30
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 95 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS31
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 68 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS4
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 69 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS5
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 70 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS6
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 71 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS7
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 72 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS8
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 73 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS9
crw-r----- 1 root root 10, 223 Mar 29 15:44 uinput
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 9 Mar 29 15:44 urandom
crw------- 1 root root 252, 0 Mar 29 15:44 usbmon0
crw------- 1 root root 252, 1 Mar 29 15:44 usbmon1
crw------- 1 root root 252, 2 Mar 29 15:44 usbmon2
crw------- 1 root root 252, 3 Mar 29 15:44 usbmon3
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 0 Mar 29 15:44 vcs
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 1 Mar 29 15:44 vcs1
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 2 Mar 29 15:44 vcs2
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 3 Mar 29 15:44 vcs3
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 4 Mar 29 15:44 vcs4
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 5 Mar 29 15:44 vcs5
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 6 Mar 29 15:44 vcs6
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 7 Mar 29 15:44 vcs7
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 128 Mar 29 15:44 vcsa
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 129 Mar 29 15:44 vcsa1
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 130 Mar 29 15:44 vcsa2
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 131 Mar 29 15:44 vcsa3
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 132 Mar 29 15:44 vcsa4
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 133 Mar 29 15:44 vcsa5
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 134 Mar 29 15:44 vcsa6
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 135 Mar 29 15:44 vcsa7
crw------- 1 root root 10, 63 Mar 29 15:44 vga_arbiter
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 5 Mar 29 15:44 zero
Here's what I get with the HD plugged in:
garrett@ubuntu:~$ ls -l /dev
total 0
crw------T 1 root root 10, 235 Mar 29 15:44 autofs
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 760 Mar 29 16:31 block
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 180 Mar 29 16:31 bsg
crw------T 1 root root 10, 234 Mar 29 15:44 btrfs-control
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Mar 29 15:43 bus
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Mar 29 15:44 cdrom -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Mar 29 15:44 cdrw -> sr0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3940 Mar 29 16:31 char
crw------- 1 root root 5, 1 Mar 29 15:44 console
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Mar 29 15:44 core -> /proc/kcore
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Mar 29 15:44 cpu
crw------- 1 root root 10, 60 Mar 29 15:44 cpu_dma_latency
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 100 Mar 29 15:43 disk
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Mar 29 15:44 dri
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Mar 29 15:44 dvd -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Mar 29 15:44 dvdrw -> sr0
crw------- 1 root root 10, 61 Mar 29 15:44 ecryptfs
crw-rw---- 1 root video 29, 0 Mar 29 15:44 fb0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Mar 29 15:44 fd -> /proc/self/fd
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 7 Mar 29 15:44 full
crw-rw-rwT 1 root fuse 10, 229 Mar 29 15:44 fuse
crw------- 1 root root 251, 0 Mar 29 15:44 fw0
crw------- 1 root root 250, 0 Mar 29 15:44 hidraw0
crw------- 1 root root 250, 1 Mar 29 15:44 hidraw1
crw------- 1 root root 250, 2 Mar 29 15:44 hidraw2
crw------- 1 root root 10, 228 Mar 29 15:44 hpet
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 360 Mar 29 16:01 input
crw------- 1 root root 1, 11 Mar 29 15:44 kmsg
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Mar 29 15:44 log
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 0 Mar 29 15:44 loop0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 1 Mar 29 15:44 loop1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 2 Mar 29 15:44 loop2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 3 Mar 29 15:44 loop3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 4 Mar 29 15:44 loop4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 5 Mar 29 15:44 loop5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 6 Mar 29 15:44 loop6
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 7 Mar 29 15:44 loop7
crw------- 1 root root 10, 237 Mar 29 15:44 loop-control
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 Mar 29 15:44 lp0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Mar 29 15:43 mapper
crw------- 1 root root 10, 227 Mar 29 15:44 mcelog
crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 1 Mar 29 15:44 mem
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Mar 29 15:43 net
crw------- 1 root root 10, 59 Mar 29 15:44 network_latency
crw------- 1 root root 10, 58 Mar 29 15:44 network_throughput
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Mar 29 15:44 null
crw------- 1 root root 1, 12 Mar 29 15:44 oldmem
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 0 Mar 29 15:44 parport0
crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 4 Mar 29 15:44 port
crw------- 1 root root 108, 0 Mar 29 15:44 ppp
crw------- 1 root root 10, 1 Mar 29 15:44 psaux
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 2 Mar 29 16:31 ptmx
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Mar 29 15:43 pts
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 0 Mar 29 15:44 ram0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 1 Mar 29 15:44 ram1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 10 Mar 29 15:44 ram10
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 11 Mar 29 15:44 ram11
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 12 Mar 29 15:44 ram12
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 13 Mar 29 15:44 ram13
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 14 Mar 29 15:44 ram14
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 15 Mar 29 15:44 ram15
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 2 Mar 29 15:44 ram2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 3 Mar 29 15:44 ram3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 4 Mar 29 15:44 ram4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 5 Mar 29 15:44 ram5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 6 Mar 29 15:44 ram6
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 7 Mar 29 15:44 ram7
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 8 Mar 29 15:44 ram8
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 9 Mar 29 15:44 ram9
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 8 Mar 29 15:44 random
crw-r--r-- 1 root root 10, 62 Mar 29 15:44 rfkill
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Mar 29 15:44 rtc -> rtc0
crw------- 1 root root 254, 0 Mar 29 15:44 rtc0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 0 Mar 29 15:44 sda
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 1 Mar 29 15:44 sda1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 2 Mar 29 15:44 sda2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 3 Mar 29 15:44 sda3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 4 Mar 29 15:44 sda4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 5 Mar 29 15:44 sda5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 16 Mar 29 15:44 sdb
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 32 Mar 29 15:44 sdc
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 48 Mar 29 15:44 sdd
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 64 Mar 29 15:44 sde
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 80 Mar 29 16:31 sdf
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 0 Mar 29 15:44 sg0
crw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 21, 1 Mar 29 15:44 sg1
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 2 Mar 29 15:44 sg2
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 3 Mar 29 15:44 sg3
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 4 Mar 29 15:44 sg4
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 5 Mar 29 15:44 sg5
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 6 Mar 29 16:31 sg6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Mar 29 15:43 shm -> /run/shm
crw------- 1 root root 10, 231 Mar 29 15:44 snapshot
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 180 Mar 29 15:44 snd
brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Mar 29 15:44 sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 29 15:44 stderr -> /proc/self/fd/2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 29 15:44 stdin -> /proc/self/fd/0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 29 15:44 stdout -> /proc/self/fd/1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 0 Mar 29 16:22 tty
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 0 Mar 29 15:44 tty0
crw------- 1 garrett tty 4, 1 Mar 29 16:00 tty1
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 10 Mar 29 15:44 tty10
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 11 Mar 29 15:44 tty11
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 12 Mar 29 15:44 tty12
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 13 Mar 29 15:44 tty13
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 14 Mar 29 15:44 tty14
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 15 Mar 29 15:44 tty15
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 16 Mar 29 15:44 tty16
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 17 Mar 29 15:44 tty17
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 18 Mar 29 15:44 tty18
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 19 Mar 29 15:44 tty19
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 2 Mar 29 15:44 tty2
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 20 Mar 29 15:44 tty20
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 21 Mar 29 15:44 tty21
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 22 Mar 29 15:44 tty22
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 23 Mar 29 15:44 tty23
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 24 Mar 29 15:44 tty24
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 25 Mar 29 15:44 tty25
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 26 Mar 29 15:44 tty26
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 27 Mar 29 15:44 tty27
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 28 Mar 29 15:44 tty28
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 29 Mar 29 15:44 tty29
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 3 Mar 29 15:44 tty3
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 30 Mar 29 15:44 tty30
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 31 Mar 29 15:44 tty31
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 32 Mar 29 15:44 tty32
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 33 Mar 29 15:44 tty33
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 34 Mar 29 15:44 tty34
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 35 Mar 29 15:44 tty35
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 36 Mar 29 15:44 tty36
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 37 Mar 29 15:44 tty37
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 38 Mar 29 15:44 tty38
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 39 Mar 29 15:44 tty39
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 4 Mar 29 15:44 tty4
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 40 Mar 29 15:44 tty40
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 41 Mar 29 15:44 tty41
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 42 Mar 29 15:44 tty42
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 43 Mar 29 15:44 tty43
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 44 Mar 29 15:44 tty44
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 45 Mar 29 15:44 tty45
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 46 Mar 29 15:44 tty46
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 47 Mar 29 15:44 tty47
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 48 Mar 29 15:44 tty48
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 49 Mar 29 15:44 tty49
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 5 Mar 29 15:44 tty5
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 50 Mar 29 15:44 tty50
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 51 Mar 29 15:44 tty51
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 52 Mar 29 15:44 tty52
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 53 Mar 29 15:44 tty53
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 54 Mar 29 15:44 tty54
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 55 Mar 29 15:44 tty55
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 56 Mar 29 15:44 tty56
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 57 Mar 29 15:44 tty57
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 58 Mar 29 15:44 tty58
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 59 Mar 29 15:44 tty59
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 6 Mar 29 15:44 tty6
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 60 Mar 29 15:44 tty60
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 61 Mar 29 15:44 tty61
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 62 Mar 29 15:44 tty62
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 63 Mar 29 15:44 tty63
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 7 Mar 29 15:44 tty7
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 8 Mar 29 15:44 tty8
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 9 Mar 29 15:44 tty9
crw------- 1 root root 5, 3 Mar 29 15:44 ttyprintk
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 65 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS1
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 74 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS10
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 75 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS11
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 76 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS12
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 77 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS13
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 78 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS14
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 79 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS15
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 80 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS16
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 81 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS17
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 82 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS18
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 83 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS19
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 66 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS2
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 84 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS20
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 85 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS21
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 86 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS22
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 87 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS23
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 88 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS24
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 89 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS25
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 90 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS26
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 91 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS27
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 92 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS28
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 93 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS29
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 67 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS3
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 94 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS30
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 95 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS31
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 68 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS4
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 69 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS5
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 70 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS6
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 71 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS7
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 72 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS8
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 73 Mar 29 15:44 ttyS9
crw-r----- 1 root root 10, 223 Mar 29 15:44 uinput
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 9 Mar 29 15:44 urandom
crw------- 1 root root 252, 0 Mar 29 15:44 usbmon0
crw------- 1 root root 252, 1 Mar 29 15:44 usbmon1
crw------- 1 root root 252, 2 Mar 29 15:44 usbmon2
crw------- 1 root root 252, 3 Mar 29 15:44 usbmon3
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 0 Mar 29 15:44 vcs
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 1 Mar 29 15:44 vcs1
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 2 Mar 29 15:44 vcs2
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 3 Mar 29 15:44 vcs3
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 4 Mar 29 15:44 vcs4
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 5 Mar 29 15:44 vcs5
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 6 Mar 29 15:44 vcs6
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 7 Mar 29 15:44 vcs7
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 128 Mar 29 15:44 vcsa
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 129 Mar 29 15:44 vcsa1
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 130 Mar 29 15:44 vcsa2
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 131 Mar 29 15:44 vcsa3
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 132 Mar 29 15:44 vcsa4
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 133 Mar 29 15:44 vcsa5
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 134 Mar 29 15:44 vcsa6
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 135 Mar 29 15:44 vcsa7
crw------- 1 root root 10, 63 Mar 29 15:44 vga_arbiter
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 5 Mar 29 15:44 zero
Any ideas?
CimmerianX 197 Junior Poster
Looks like it's coming up as sg6. Tail dmesg as you plug it in to be sure.
lewashby 56 Junior Poster
Here's what I got:
garrett@mint-desktop ~ $ dmesg | tail
[11392.002016] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[11392.002020] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 28 00 00 00
[11392.002740] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[11392.002744] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[11392.005363] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[11392.005368] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[11392.056637] sdc: unknown partition table
[11392.061737] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[11392.061742] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[11392.061745] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
lewashby 56 Junior Poster
I got it with sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdc
Thanks, I wouldn't have noticed that it was sdc with the dmesg command you gave me, didn't know that one. Like you it appeared to me that it was sg6.
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