Thread: Problems mounting a USB Drive from command line

hey guys. i'm issue of problem between keyboard , chair, can't figure out life of me i'm doing wrong.

i'm relatively new linux (first installed less 6 weeks ago).

i'm attempting mount usb thumb drive command line. identify device is, first

$> cd /dev
$> ls > ~/log

then plug in usb and

$> ls > ~/log2
$> cd ~
$> diff log log2

this last line spits out 2 differences:

85a86
> sdb
88a90
> sg3

first off, i'm sure there has better way xd. however, i'm usb drive sdb. it's formatted in ntfs, try mount , happens:

$> sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb /mnt/usb1
error opening '/dev/sdb': no medium found
failed mount '/dev/sdb': no medium found

now i'm stuck. i'm i'm doing stupidly wrong, documentation on mount isn't best, , don't know is. kicker thunar can see , mount drive fine--it lists "sdb1." when unmount give shot, sdb1 disappears. syntax correct? can mount drive again without having pull out , reinsert it? doing wrong here?

have tried mounting in different directories, different fstypes, , tried mounting other difference in devices when usb in (sg3). there command can tell me device corresponds what?

posted chipbuster

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i'm stuck. i'm i'm doing stupidly wrong, documentation on mount isn't best, , don't know is. kicker thunar can see , mount drive fine--it lists "sdb1." when unmount give shot, sdb1 disappears. syntax correct? can mount drive again without having pull out , reinsert it? doing wrong here?

have tried mounting in different directories, different fstypes, , tried mounting other difference in devices when usb in (sg3). there command can tell me device corresponds what?

you not understand difference between physical devices , things contain.

drive physical device, can contain (many) partitions. cannot "mount" physical devices, can "mount" partitions (if any) device contains.

/dev/sdb physical device. /dev/sdb1 partition within physical device.

reason gui tools nautilus , thunar exist automatically manage usb devices , mount removable device partitions, because doing via command line insane novice users.

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