How To Force a USB mount (when not auto-mounting) in Linux Mint

This process can be used in most other Linux Distributions

[WalterPetrovic]

I installed Wilma on a Dell Laptop, I did have the previous version and everything worked fine, but I couldn't mount most USB drives. Your video helped even though it is 8 years old. Thanks.

[motoryzen]

It worked. Thank you.
My specs:
4790k at 4.6ghz
Amd 8GB rx 580 sapphire nitro+
asrock z97 matx
Distro = LInux Mint 19.2 Cinnamon 4.2.3 with Kernel 5.2.6-050206-generic for the record.


cheers.

[abssorb]

You can do the same thing in a few clicks via GUI. Open "Disks" from menu (gnome-disk-utility). It will already list the disks as per fdisk -l. Choose the correct disk on the left, on the right will be shown its partitions. For a drive that didn't auto-mount, simply click the play button (triangle) and it will mount.

[arcticjoe]

Ha ha! Success. I was lost, and you got me there (ie: I watched this video and your suggestion worked. I was able to mount my USB stick). A sincere thanks.

[fobster]

Thank you! I used Linux Ubuntu and it worked fine.

[matheussoares]

Thanks, brother!! You helped me a lot.

[anatolyrozhkov]

Good tutorial, it did solve my problem

[kirbonite]

really good. I'd like one on usb mic

[paradiselost]

didnt work for me. my flash would bing, but no icon, etc.

fdisk -l,

wasnt getting the last lines "device boot", /dev/sdb1, just the disk /dev/sdb (sde in my case) part.

sudo mount /dev/sde /media/usb gave error. forget what.

finally... mkfs.vfat /dev/sde woke it up.

now how to figure out why i suddenly have multiple /dev/loop from nowhere, and exactly where these two volumes, 66mb and 77mb just appeared from.

ffs.

im going to give up on cnc machining and go back to twiddling handles. stuff actually gets done.

five days trying to even get to trial linuxcnc? am i the only one that seems to get this runaraound everytime? effing computers.

[douglascristino]

Muito bom! Parabéns pelo vídeo! Me ajudou muito. Montei um HD externo USB de 1Tb no Linux Debian! Obrigado!

[tajamulsheeraz]

it shows error

"partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary "

[robertsweet]

sudo doesn't work for me but I can mount one logged in as root. But ordinary users don't have read/write access to the drive.

[yuniotavarez]

Hello, can you make a video on how to install nut tinfoil on Linux please?

[seekknowledge]

my USB does not even show up when I issue the command fdisk -l. I am using cent OS 7 virtual box hosted on windows 10. any hint?

[mikeyyt]

THAT INTRO LITERALLY SCARED THE SHIT OUTTA ME, WHY WOULD YOU EVER PUT SUCH A SOUND AS AN INTRO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😌😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥

[Badgr]

I’m experiencing the same issues. However my usb drive is picked up if I wait 15 minutes. Although my usb drive is not listed in de disks program while it is visible in the prompt menu. This is a strange thing. I hope this will get solved very soon, because I want to give Linux mint to my girlfriend.

[Hirokiji]

what's the apple version? I get; fdisk - saying illegal option

[proengeleceng]

i installed linuxcnc debian 2.7.14 and I could not detect my external harddrive i followed your instructions with no resualts. pls help

[michaelhord]

The drives show up on the desktop but they say they can't be mounted. I typed in your sudo command and they cannot be found.

[HB-cthh]

when i tried to name the directory terminal kept saying can't find, so i was unable to apply your steps to mount my usb device in my non working 3.0 usb port, 2.0 usb port works well.