Linux usb drive not showing up

Overview

This is a small guide to detect a newly attached device to an USB port and mount it in Linux.

We will explore different strategies that will help when some of the tools isn’t available.

First of all, some definitions:

Understanding

What does exactly mount means?

All files accessible in a Unix system are arranged in one big tree, the file hierarchy, rooted at /.

These files can be spread out over several devices. The mount command serves to attach the filesystem found on some device to the big file tree. Conversely, the umount(8) command will detach it again. The filesystem is used to control how data is stored on the device or provided in a virtual way by network or another services.

To attach these new devices filesystems we use the command in the form: .

In the above command, Devices (block special devices¹) can be indicated in one of the following three ways:

1. Filename
   • using the filename that is a
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