Ubuntu can't see usb drive

Steve Flynn anothermindbomb at gmail.com
Mon Jun 6 21:54:02 UTC 2011


On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Douglas Pollard <dougpol1 at verizon.net>wrote:

> On 06/06/2011 04:29 PM, Nils Kassube wrote:
>
>> sudo fdisk -l
>>
> Ok Here is the output from Sudo Fdisk -l
>
> douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$ sudo fdisk -l
> [sudo] password for douglasdoug:
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x000f29df
>
>   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1   *           1       23995   192734208   83  Linux
> /dev/sda2           23995       24322     2624513    5  Extended
> /dev/sda5           23995       24322     2624512   82  Linux swap /
> Solaris
>
> Disk /dev/sdb: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x000d4675
>
>   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sdb1               1       30400   244187968+   7  HPFS/NTFS
>
> Disk /dev/sdc: 2000.4 GB, 2000398932992 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x0000e557
>
>   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sdc1   *           1      243201  1953512001    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
> douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$
>
>

I don't see a 150Gb drive there - I assume you really mean a 200GB drive and
it's sda - it contains your linux install.
Your 250GB drive is sdb - ths is formatted NTFS.
You have a 2TB drive as sdc - it's a FAT32 drive.


What is missing?

-- 
Steve

When one person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many people
suffer from a delusion it is called religion.
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