
- #UBUNTU LSUSB INCORRECT NAME HOW TO#
- #UBUNTU LSUSB INCORRECT NAME INSTALL#
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- #UBUNTU LSUSB INCORRECT NAME PORTABLE#
You cannot unmount from the desktop by right-clicking the icon if the drive was manually mounted. Assuming /dev/sdb1 is mounted at /media/external, you can either unmount using the device or the mount point: sudo umount /dev/sdb1 When you are finished with the device, don't forget to unmount the drive before disconnecting it. See MountingWindowsPartitions for more information.
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Note: You must have the ntfs-3g driver installed. Otherwise, if the device is formatted with NTFS, run: sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /media/external If you don't use those extra options you may not be able to read and write the drive with your regular username. The options following the "-o" give you ownership of the drive, and the masks allow for extra security for file system permissions. Let's say the device is /dev/sdb1, the filesystem is FAT16 or FAT32 (like it is for most USB flash drives), and we want to mount it at /media/external (having already created the mount point): sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/external -o uid=1000,gid=1000,utf8,dmask=027,fmask=137 Create the mount point: sudo mkdir /media/external Instead, use an underscore to separate words (like "my_external"). You can call it whatever you want, but if you use spaces in the name it gets a little more complicated. Now we need to create a mount point for the device. For more information about filesystems, see LinuxFilesystemsExplained. Type the following: sudo fdisk -lįind your device in the list. Most flash drives are FAT16 or FAT32 and most external hard disks are NTFS. First, you must know what device you are dealing with and what filesystem it is formatted with. Sometimes, devices don't automount, in which case you should try to manually mount them. (This method works even when the drive does not auto-mount.) If you click a drive on the list, you can view its details, and you can click the triangle-shaped button (Play button) to mount the drive. When you run it, you will see a list of your drives, including USB drives.
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If you are looking for a lightweight solution that does not depend on HAL/DBUS, you can install "usbmount".ĭisks (the GNOME disk utility) is an application for visually managing disk drives and media. Right-click the icon in the launcher and select "Unmount".īy default, disk drives do not auto-mount in Ubuntu Server Edition.In the file manager window, click on the "eject" button next to the name of the mounted volume.Right-click the desktop icon and select "Unmount" (or in some cases, "Eject").This can be done in one of the following ways: To control which programs automatically start when you plug in a device, go to System-Settings - Details - Removable Media.įor more complex scenarios, see UsbDriveDoSomethingHowto.īefore you disconnect the device, don't forget to unmount it. This only applies to media where no known x-content type was detected for media where a known x-content type is detected, the user configurable action will be taken instead. If set to true, Nautilus will automatically open a folder when media is automounted. If set to true, Nautilus will automatically mount media such as user-visible hard disks and removable media on start-up and media insertion.Īnother key, tomount-open, controls whether to automatically open a folder for automounted media. The automount key controls whether to automatically mount media. To enable or disable automount open a terminal and type:īrowse to -handling. To change the volume label see RenameUSBDrive. Otherwise, they will be named "disk", "disk-1" and so on. If the volumes have labels the icons will be named accordingly. This behaviour may not be what you want you can configure it as shown below. If you plug in a usb hard disk with many partitions, all of the partitions will automatically mount. The rationale for this slight change of behavior can be found here.
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Thus, instead of needing individual drivers, as does much computer hardware, a standard driver permits access to the devices, making them very portable and able to easily work on many platforms.įor help with internal hard drives, see Fstab and MountingWindowsPartitions.īy default, storage devices that are plugged into the system mount automatically in the /media/ directory, open a file browser window for each volume and place an icon on your desktop. USB storage devices have the enormous advantage that for the most part they use a standard set of protocols. The material here also applies to flash cards (like in your digital camera).
#UBUNTU LSUSB INCORRECT NAME HOW TO#
This page explains how to use USB drives, like external hard disks and USB flash drives (aka USB sticks, thumb drives, pen drives, etc).
