For questions regarding storage drives that connect using a USB port.
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Make the mounted partition open in a new tab in nautilus
When I insert my USB flash drive or my external hard drive, nautilus opens it in a new window. This gets a little irritating if there are a number of partitions in the hard-drive as it opens all of ...
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USB 3.0/ UASP - how to find out that mass storage uses UASP?
My Question is how can I find out if a USB 3.0 connected mass storage device is using UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol)?
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How do I Install Lubuntu 12.04 on a USB drive (the full installation)?
I want to install Lubuntu on my 32GB flash drive, but I don't know how.
I know a little bit about partitioning. When I go into GParted, my USB drive comes up as /dev/sdb. I already wiped it ...
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How do I change permissions on a FAT32 drive?
My USB type is FAT32. I tried to solve problem using terminal (http://askubuntu.com/a/96929/130182), but it gives me an error:
mount: special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist
How I can change ...
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Auto-mount external USB cdrom in Ubuntu Server
I have an external USB DVD drive which I can mount successfully with sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom. The trouble is the mount seems to fail when I change disks, and it gets really confused if I ...
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How to access/test/do anything with my usb pendrive (USB mass storage)?
The USB pendrive (flash) worked fine, but now it can't be mounted in Linux/Windows. In Linux it is recognized only as:
dmesg|tail
[28548.831178] usb 2-1.5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd ...
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Unable to format my pendrive?
I have a Transcend 4 GB pen-drive. When I tried to format my pen-drive by right-clicking and selecting format, it showed:
Error creating file system: helper exited with exit code 1: Error calling ...
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installed ubuntu on usb drive, grub not starting [duplicate]
I installed Xubuntu 12.10 on my 8gb usb drive, which was mounted on /dev/sdb with just one partition: /dev/sdb1, which I also installed grub on, as written in method 1 @ ...
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Installing program on ubuntu pen drive
I have installed Ubuntu in my pen drive & I use my pen drive as my computer & I install some application on this Ubuntu but when ever restarted my Ubuntu operating system my installed ...
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Modified hd-media initrd.gz causing kernel panic
My problem relates to modifying the contents of the hd-media initrd.gz. I am customising ubuntu 12.10 server. I want the early and late commands of the installer to be able to run a couple of shell ...
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Unable to install ubuntu pendrive, possible hard drive issue ? (video link included)
(My question was deleted for using a bad video host, sorry about that. I hope vimeo.com is ok)
My Asus Eee Box EB1012 with windows 7 won't start up properly. It takes "forever" and then it's just a ...
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Trouble installing Ubuntu 12.04
I am a first time user on "Ask Ubuntu" as I have never had a problem with using Ubuntu until now, so please forgive me if I do not use this service/forum correctly.
I recently got a Toshiba c850 ...
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Is my HDD broken?
I have an external USB HDD which I think is broken. When I plug it in nothing happens. Can we confirm that is broken? Here is dmesg output:
[ 7998.225453] usb 2-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 10
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Ubuntu can't see my Android phone!
I'm on Ubuntu 12.04, and trying to connect my Samsung galaxy Gio (Model # GT-S5660M) with Android 2.3.4 (GINGERBREAD_MR1). When I plug my phone in,via USB, it will charge, however Ubuntu will not ...
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Cannot mount USB disks due to “not authorized” error
I have Ubuntu 12.04 (.2?) installed. I don't plan to need GUI after setup so I modified the grub to start in console. However, whenever I want to start up GUI I need to type startx. Simple/basic ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 won't mount Samsung SE-218BB
I can't seem to mount the drive even though Samsung advertises it as being Linux compatible when switching it over to AV mode (by ejecting the tray and holding the eject button until the LED comes on) ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 on bootable thumbdrive black screen
So I'm trying to run Ubuntu 12.10 from a bootable Thumbstick. I can see a purple screen with icons at the bottom and it proceeds to display string after string of lines. After that, I hear drums but ...
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Very low rate of data transfer to USB
I expect to get 3Mb/s to 5Mb/s when copying data to an external USB drive. But these days, whenever I try copying files to my USB flash drive, the transfer rate is dropping down to as low as ...
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erasing/formating/deleting a Usb Flash drive
I loaded Ubuntu on to flashdrive. Now I want to remove it but when I try it returns Drive write protected.
I have tried sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/devsdb bs=512 count=1, but that returns Read only file ...
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How can I partition a usb flashdrive in Win7
I want to be able to create a Ubuntu boot disk using a USB flash drive. I also want to be able to create a second partition for my data on the same drive. How can I create the partition in Win7?
The ...
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Difference ubuntu-12.04-alternate-amd64.iso and ubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso [duplicate]
I am trying make a Ubuntu bootable flash drive using the Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.2.4. Also I have downloaded the a file named ubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso which is 7.10.956 kb from a torrent ...
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Mount USB drive with write permissions for everyone or specific user
I know there are similar questions but I get some specific problem I can't overcome.
I have:
HDD split into two partitions. /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2. sdb1 is NTFS and I don't need it. I need sdb2 ...
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I'm having issues running Ubuntu from flash drive (images inside) [duplicate]
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My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?
I have followed the instructions to put Ubuntu 12.10 onto a flash drive. I then shut down my ...
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Changed flash drive's mount point, now I can't mount anything
I used GParted to change my flash drive's label to AdamDrive, so that it mounted to /media/adam/ADAMDRIVE instead of /media/adam/980B-F3AC. I re-mounted it and it worked fine. Then I unplugged it, ...
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How to change read-only pendrive?
I have a generic pendrive with a problem... I can't copy to inside, delete or move any archive or folder from the pendrive. I don't know how this happens, I do not change any kind of permissions... ...
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How to disable USB000 ports in Ubuntu 12.10 but still have the usb keyboard and mouse work?
Please suggest any options to disable the USB ports.
I tried in the blacklist.conf and rebooted, but still the USB device is detecting.
Can you help me to disable the USB ports?
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Unable to access USB external hard drive
I have an NTFS formatted 500 GB external USB drive. It works fine on Windows, and I want to know how to use it on Ubuntu. Running 12.10 on Wubi.
The external disk is sda3 and I also have an internal ...
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Trouble With Persistence After Making a USB Live Thumb Drive Using Pendrivelinux
I created a bootable Ubuntu on my 32GB thumb drive (on a NTFS partition) and I selected a persistence of 4GB.
I've noticed that when I reboot from the initial booting off of the USB thumb drive, ...
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USB suddenly stop working
I have a little problem with USB (maybe drivers) in Ubuntu 12.10.
I just surf on web and suddenly my external sound card stops working.
When I connect USB stick in USB, system won't recognize it at ...
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Running Ubuntu on a USB flash drive [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Running Ubuntu from a USB Flash drive on Acer
I have a tablet (Samsung Slate) that has Windows 8 on it and not enough space to dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu, so I decided ...
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How can I install ubuntu from the ISO in Windows?
I don't have a usb stick or discs available to boot from, so is there anyway I can use the ISO image to install from within windows?
I tried using the Windows installer but the download keeps ...
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Unable to boot to Live USB linux [closed]
I am trying to test different distros from a specific usb thumb drive that I have. I am installing them using UNetBootIn. The installation goes fine. I am doing this process from Xubuntu 12.10 live ...
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Can't format USB drive
I have a 4 Gig USB drive that I'd like to format.
I go to the Disk Utility, and try to format it, but it says that the device is busy. (This same error occurs no matter whether I tried to format the ...
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can i retrieve my files from my hdd after windows crash by booting from usb?
yesterday i tried turning on my toshiba satellite laptop but it started booting and crashed after showing a blue screen for half a second.
and before i reinstall windows ,i want to backup my files, so ...
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My MacBook Pro does not show Ubuntu USB while holding Alt/Option Key
I'm unable to see my newly created 12.04 in the list after holding alt/option when restarting my MacBook Pro
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Ubuntu 12.10 won't boot from flashdrive
I downloaded Ubuntu 12.10 made a bootable flashdrivem via startup disk creator. But no matter what I do It just won't boot. in booting menu there are few options like USB-HDD, USB-FDD etc. I've tied ...
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How can I use my USB flash drive again after I zeroed it out in Disks?
I've used the "Disks" utility to zero out a USB flash drive (pendrive). Now it's not showing up anymore as a usable storage medium.
I need to use this usb drive (of 4 GB) again to write an OS image ...
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Can't boot after usb install
I can't boot from the hdd after installing from a usb stick. I have to plug it back in and select to boot from it to boot form the hdd. How do I fix the bootloader?
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Can I install the latest Ubuntu OS on a 4.0GB flashdrive? [closed]
That is all I need to know. Thank you for your answers.
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How much space does Ubuntu use on a persistent pendrive with the updates?
This might have been asked here before......but I am wondering how much disk space on my pendrive an updated Ubuntu 12.10 OS will take up.
I have reserved 3.5 GB for it but it gave me an error ...
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Pendrive not detecting after formatting disk utility
After running sudo fdisk -l:
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): ...
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USB becomes unreadable after putting the .img on it-Mac
I am trying to put Ubuntu on my USB to install it on my MacBook Pro, but after following step 8 of this Ubuntu guide it becomes unreadable and it doesn't show up while rebooting my computer and ...
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How to install and use Ubuntu from a USB flash drive on Windows 8?
I'd like to fully install Ubuntu 12.10 onto a 16GB USB 3.0 flash drive, not create a LiveUSB, but to treat the flash drive as an external hard drive.
I've read it's possible and I know my computer ...
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Cannot mount USB Drive on Ubuntu 12.04
I have a WD 3TB external drive I used with Windows 7 just fine, and now want to use it on my laptop as a FTP accessible drive.
For some reason though I cannot mount it (I get an error when attaching ...
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1 TB Dell USB hard disk not getting recognized
Dell USB hard disk not recognized in Ubuntu 11.10
When I insert the USB disk I do not see it in Nautilus (left hand pane)
lsusb surprisingly fails to report any pciid:vendor id related to the ...
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How do I mount an encrypted /home directory on another Ubuntu machine?
I've done something a bit, well, strange. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 directly onto a USB thumb stick, encrypting the /home directory as given the option during the install. The filesystem is btrfs, I ...
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How can I make my pendrive bootable (My UBUNTU copy is not an ISO file)?
I have UBUNTU 12.04 LTS OS. Its not an image file/ISO image. I have searched a lot about how to make a pendrive bootable in order to install ubuntu, but everywhere they assume that I have ISO file. ...
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HP Pavilion no wireless w/ubuntu 12.10 and a wired connection isn't possible. Is there a download could get with my windows comp and put on USB key [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)?
I have no wireless connection with Ubuntu 12.10. Using a HP Pavilion DV6000. I have read other ...
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Ubuntu12.10 “Disks” Pendrive 64GB format LUKS+ext4
I just bought Pendrive / Flshdrive 64GB and need to archive on it file bigger than 10GB so i believe FAT32 is not an good option since it can handle only 4GB file in size. Next thing is that i though ...
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When can I safely unplug an external drive on 12.10?
I have browsed several answers... but none seems to address my question.
As reported in bug #1067876 the options to "safely remove" an external drive is gone.
No problem! Umount is sufficient for ...
