On 16-05-18 10:30:34, Ron Leach wrote: > List, good morning, > > One aspect of Debian I've never managed to 'get', is how to 'see' any > temporarily plugged-in USB storage device, from the command line or in mc. > The machines in question are using Wheezy. > > I often use a machine (with only cli) to download overnight - this works > well. But when I insert (say) a 2G or 4G USB storage, I cannot 'find' any > mount referring to the USB storage. > > I assume that I have to mount the USB storage, but where should I find the > reference for the physical device to mount? Best of all would be to make > this process 'automatic', if I could. > > Not all the devices are formatted with vfat; I think some use ext(x), and > some are dd'd ISOs. Because labelling these devices is not very practical, > I'd like to be able to plug them in and check what they contain - before, > perhaps, overwriting them with something new. > > I'd be interested in how other users organise this but, essentially, I'd be > grateful for any advice on where to find the physical device to use in a > mount command. And, as a secondary question (there are two points on offer > for this one), how to mount it without knowing the device's fs. > > regards, Ron > While not automatic, insert usb, demesg | tail and then pmount sdbX and df for checking available space simplifies my life greatly. -- Jonas Hedman XMPP: nstr@nstr.se PGP Key: 0x5c3989e0616bb08c Fingerprint: 8F72 C5BE AAFA B4BA 8F46 9185 5C39 89E0 616B B08C
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