Topic: cant see flash drive [solved]

hi
          I put a thumb drive in usb port,but crunch does not see it.   I searched all my files to no avail. where could it be?

Last edited by kaykav (2010-11-08 16:36:40)

Re: cant see flash drive [solved]

Run lsusb in a terminal and see if the USB device shows up there.

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Re: cant see flash drive [solved]

yes it does show...does that mean I should mount it?
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 13fe:1a00 Kingston Technology Company Inc. 512MB/1GB Flash Drive
no wait  mine is a 256mB flash drive....

Last edited by kaykav (2010-11-03 15:52:31)

Re: cant see flash drive [solved]

If you run "sudo fdisk -l" it will show your partitions. So just mount the one for your USB drive.

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Re: cant see flash drive [solved]

ok that did it.   as many times as I use linux  should know the novice things to do...Thanks again.Rich

Re: cant see flash drive [solved]

Add [Solved] to the first post's subject, please.