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.

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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?

Looks like it's coming up as sg6. Tail dmesg as you plug it in to be sure.

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

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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