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
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Jump to PostHappens 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/
Jump to PostThis one actually may be better for you
http://freshtutorial.com/format-pen-drive-usb-external-drives-linux/
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pixelsoul
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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/
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pixelsoul
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This one actually may be better for you
http://freshtutorial.com/format-pen-drive-usb-external-drives-linux/
lewashby
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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?
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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