Be root and find mounted USB

[LinuxNewBe911]

Hello!
This is my first post at this forum and I would like to kindly ask for help. I use Kubuntu for a year now and everything but USB ran out of the box. A friend got me his USB stick with materials I would like to make available on the system. Now how do I mount and find an USB drive?

with

sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mount 
it keeps saying: Sie müssen den Dateisystemtyp angeben. 
Which translates to: Please enter the Storeagesystemtype. or anyhow similar

My general question would be, if i can choose any existing /sda(1or2or3) to mount the USB there? If it’s mounted then, how do I locate it within the Dolphin?

Help would really be so so kind as while I’m a total noob in how to use linux!

Regards
LinuxNewBe

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Does Kubuntu detect and mount USB Drive whenever you plug it in?

If you have to mount it manually, Plug-in USB Drive and execute sudo fdisk -l command in Konsole. Check which device name has been assigned to it. Use that device name in mount command.

First of all create mount point (folder). You can create it anywhere. Its better to create folder in /media, imho.

sudo mkdir /medio/USB
mount /dev/<device_name>  /media/USB
ls /media/USB

Navigate to / - media - USB in Dolphin.

[LinuxNewBe911]

Thanks devils casper!

I may have changed the os defaults so that the USB now doesn’t get autodetected. If that would be an option I totally agree with rechanging it, any suggestions on that?

Here is the code the Konsole gives out from sudo fdsk -l

MyLinux@computer:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for MyLinux: 

Platte /dev/sda: 80.0 GByte, 80026361856 Byte
255 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spur, 9729 Zylinder
Einheiten = Zylinder von 16065 × 512 = 8225280 Bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0007f49b

   Gerät  boot.     Anfang        Ende     Blöcke   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        4781    38398135+  83  Linux
/dev/sda2            4781        9730    39750657    5  Erweiterte
/dev/sda5            9662        9730      541696   82  Linux Swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6            4781        9595    38666240   83  Linux
/dev/sda7            9595        9661      534528   82  Linux Swap / Solaris

Partitionstabelleneinträge sind nicht in Platten-Reihenfolge

Platte /dev/sdb: 16.0 GByte, 16047407104 Byte
94 Köpfe, 30 Sektoren/Spur, 11114 Zylinder
Einheiten = Zylinder von 2820 × 512 = 1443840 Bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18

   Gerät  boot.     Anfang        Ende     Blöcke   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               3       11115    15667264    7  HPFS/NTFS
MyLinux@computer:~$

I tryed /sdb as a devicename as you implyed:

@computer:~$ sudo mkdir /media/USB
computer:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdb  /media/USB
mount: Sie müssen den Dateisystemtyp angeben

Can you find the USB or does it imply a change of the defaults that may have been done previously?

Thank you!

[jayd512]

Hi there.

Your USB drive is /dev/sdb1. So follow the steps given by DC using that device name.

[LinuxNewBe911]

Hello jayd512!

Yes that works out! Thank you!
Well I found it! It worked!

Thanks to both of you! Very well appreciated!

Regards
LinuxNewbe911

[jayd512]

It's not going to be located in your home directory.
You should be able to find the media folder inside the root folder.

[ptkobe]

To avoid mounting usb drives as root now I use pmount/pumount command. You may see How to fstab - Ubuntu Forums if that interests you.

[devils casper]

Or
you can use umask=0 to enable full access to USB Drive for all users.

sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /media/USB -o defaults,umask=0

[LinuxNewBe911]

Hello Jay, Devils Casper, Ptkobe!

The media section to look at....yes! Found my way to it, thanks to you! Ptkobe, this thread is the follow up on this one! while I just changed from my friends USB to mine thanks to you as well!
I just pmounted it. Looks pretty doable to me, as while it can mount any USB anytime with just two simple commands. Thank you guys for helping me out!

Regards,
LinuxNewBw