Just a correction, you probably might need to specify the fillesystem type, so, replace the mount command with: *mount -t TYPE_OF_FS /dev/sdb /media/usbdrive*
2014-12-14 23:12 GMT-02:00 Andre Rodovalho <andre.rodova...@gmail.com>: > > I guess this recovery option has no automount... So, what you need to do > is to mount your USB stick... > > So, the first thing is to know what device it is, you can do this with the > command:* ls -la /dev/sd** > > You can run this command before and after you plug the USB stick, because > your HD or SSD will also be listed... > > After knowing your device, let say, */dev/sdb*, you need to mount it. To > do so, you need to know the file system type... Do you know it? If not, you > can see with the command: *cfdisk /dev/sdb* > > So, the third thing to do, is to create a folder to mount your drive. You > can do: *mkdir /media/usbdrive* > > After this, you can mount just like so: *mount /dev/sdb /media/usbdrive* > > Ok, this is it. Now the only thing to do, is to copy the log file... But > you can also list the content of your USB drive to check if is working ok: > *ls /media/usbdrive* > > > 2014-12-14 14:20 GMT-02:00 Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntl...@gmail.com>: >> >> Hi German, >> >> On 14 December 2014 at 15:02, German <gentger...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Ian. No, it is not faulty ports. lsusb shows my a data thumb drive. >>> But still nothing in /media. I have no floppy drive. Thank you >> >> >> Hmm. Shall we deal with the thumb drive first? >> >> 0. With the thumb drive in, does ls /media show anything at all? >> >> 1. Could you give more details about the system we are fixing? Things >> like manufacturer, make and the details of the operating system you are >> using (e.g. which flavour of Ubuntu, which release - 14.10 etc) >> >> 1. The thumb drive might be mounting to an unexpected place. Do a ls /dev >> command without the memory stick in. Then insert the memory stick in. Do >> another ls /dev command. >> >> You need to look at the entries listed as sda, sda1, sda2 etc ( and >> possibly sdb, sdc, sdd) . For example when I do ls /dev on my system >> without a thumb drive inserted, ls /dev lists (amongst other things) sda, >> sda1, sda2, sda3. After inserting it, those things listed appear - plus an >> entry for sdb and sdb1. If you can identify the differences between a >> memory drive then that should be the device name which the thumb drive is >> connected as. Once you find that then we might be able to use the mount >> command so your system can access the thumb drive. >> >> BW, >> >> >> Ian >> >> -- >> -- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - http://www.accu.org >> -- Free Software page - currently down >> -- My writing - https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/ >> >> -- >> Lubuntu-users mailing list >> Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >> >>
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