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rokytnji
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    Start with either

    sudo fdisk -l

    or Gparted.

    Does the drive show up? If it shows up in gparted as mounted with right click.

    cd /media

    Hit enter key

    ls

    Compare folders shown with what fdisk -l or gparted shows. That was how I rolled in the old days. Before AntiX went into automount and I don’t have to think about mounting anymore.

    Back in the old days. I used to make my own /media directories/folders like sdb , sdc, sdd and so on. Then use Slitaz mountbox in the antix control control center to mount my usb drives. But. I have no need to do that anymore. Another useful command I used to learn with was

    man mount

    ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: USB_Flash_Drive size: 1.0GB

    What is that? Pull it out < Unmount properly using unplug device in the taskbar since you are in Icewm > if running and use that usb port instead. To troubleshoot in case the usb port you plugged that “Samsung hard drive ” is not working. I have encountered snafus on my atom netbook. Where changing usb port rectify s mount problems also.

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