For questions regarding storage drives that connect using a USB port.
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External USB 3 drive not recognized
Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit seems not to recognize my external hard disk. It is a Vantec NST-310S3 external disk enclosure with a WD 3TB drive. The disk has two NTFS partitions. My PC is a dual boot system. ...
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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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How can I temporarily suspend Nautilus filesystem automounting, without making permanent changes to the system and user configuration?
I have written a tool which automatically formats and copies files to USB flash drives when they are inserted. It needs the drive to be unmounted to format it.
Normally Nautilus will automatically ...
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USB NTFS pen drive and hard drive not working after plugging them into Ubuntu
I connected a USB key (NTFS formatted) with data in it, on 12.04, after I disconnected it, I was no longer able to access the USB key neither from Windows nor from Ubuntu. The system asks me to format ...
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How to format a SD card easily in KDE?
first I want to clarify that I know how to do this with programs like kde-partitionmanager or gparted.
What I am really looking for is a easy way such as right click in dolphin on my SD Card or USB ...
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I get a “no default or ui configuration directive found” on boot
No default or UI configuration directive found.
I get this error when I tried to reboot Ubuntu with the DiskOnKey flash drive.
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Installing ubuntu for mac, on a usb-drive
After following all the steps on how to install Ubuntu [12.04] on a flash drive, i get the error that the usb stick cannot be read. Options are to format, ignore or reject it. Also tried to shutdown ...
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USB memory devices not working (unable to mount)
I have annoying problem here. On my laptop all of my USB memory devices stopped working. It all worked fine until few days ago, I don't remember doing anything to affect it myself. Until that day I ...
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/sda, hard drives, USB drives, all missing
After updating, my system doesn't detect any partitions or USB drives save for the two partitions I use as / and /home.
/dev/sda doesn't even exist. I'm not sure if that's normal because I haven't ...
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How to use QQDVR on Ubuntu?
I want to use zoneminder, but the CCTV DVR cable is RG59 not USB , so I bought QQDVR.
I use terminal : lsusb
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 04b4:8613 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. CY7C68013 EZ-USB FX2 USB ...
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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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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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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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reasonable USB mount points
Plugging in my Android cellphone in Mass Storage mode mounts the SD card via USB onto an insane pathname like
/media/sp;<_html>/
which of course causes problems later with other programs like ...
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Bootable Pendrive with 12.10 boots into Memtest86+
As the title says, I created a bootable USB Pendrive with Ubuntu 12.10, following the instructions found in Ubuntu's page, in order to install it to my PC.
When I reboot the computer with the the ...
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How to mount USB flash drive
my not working flash SANDISK 8GB
im use disk untility for formating not working usb busy and unmount or mount not working?
help any and terminal im use
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Access to external usb hard drive mounted in KDE other user
Before kubuntu 12.10 i had Gentoo and in KDE's plugged devices widget i mounted devices and them was accessible by other user in other KDE sessions. But in kubuntu external hdd mounted with ownership ...
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How to install packages to external USB drive
Can I install software using apt-get and specify where I want them to be installed?
I have a USB stick auto mounted on /media/usb and I want to tell aptitude to install ruby and java JRE on a USB ...
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How to read content of modified USB thumb drive?
I discovered someone who I didn't want harm to befall had purchased an "Internet Radio + TV Player" USB device. I decided to see if I could view the contents of the device to see if any of it was ...
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Cannot mount USB 3 harddrive
I cannot mount an USB 3 harddrive. When looking at dmesg I got the following error:
[ 96.463269] usb 3-2.1: >new low-speed USB device number 10 using xhci_hcd
[ 96.485777] usb 3-2.1: >New ...
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Can't access external USB storage after updating to 12.10
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 after Windows failed me and Samsung got a bit pissy about providing any help.
I then upgraded to 12.10 after a week or two and suddenly my external USB devices no longer ...
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How can I automate ddrescue from a failing usb hard drive?
I've got an interesting problem...
A friend asked me to recover data from a failing external (usb) hard drive, which i've been doing using the ddrescue utility. However, every few hours the drive ...
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Is there a way to sync my laptop's Ubuntu install with a jumpdrive Ubuntu install?
So I'm doing a fresh install of Ubuntu on my laptop right now. I also have a jumpdrive with Ubuntu installed on it with a persistent setup.
What I would like is to be able to plug the jumpdrive into ...
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Flash Drive greyed out, won't mount
When I insert the USB flash drive, it does appear on the menu of places, but greyed out. When I right click on the drive and select mount, it does not mount and remains greyed out. How do I correct ...
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“Safe(ly) remove function/button” shows up for usb external hard drive but not usb flash drive [Ubuntu 13.04]
I have to use udisks --unmount /dev/sdb1 && udisks --detach /dev/sdb to remove usb flash drive while I can use Safe(ly) remove function/button for usb external hard drive.
How can I made that ...
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USB boot doesn't work
I have installed Ubuntu on a USB stick and tried to boot it on my PC, but when I did this all that happend was a flickering appearing, going on and on and on. Nothing happens.
What can I do about ...
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Windows 8 Recovery USB
How can I make a Windows 8 Recovery flash drive from the Windows Recovery .iso from Ubuntu? In other words, how can I make my flash drive bootable from the Windows 8 Recovery .iso from Ubuntu?
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Ati Radeon HD4600 nad blank screen after switch to graphic mode
Ubuntu 13.04 on my computer AMD Sempron 2300+, 2GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD4600 is running normaly from Live CD and from pendrive created by Universal USB Installer. When installed system on my pendrive by ...
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Run Ubuntu from SD Card on Android Tablet
I'll be acquiring my first tablet in a few weeks, and haven't tinkered with Android much besides my 1st gen Motorola Droid (I had an HTC Sense, but a power surge fried it and turned it into a brick, ...
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Optimal Temporary Install on usb
I want to install Ubuntu 12.04 to a 16GB usbstick because my harddrive just died (I am currently on a ubuntu live cd). Because of various reasons, I won't have a new proper HDD/SSD for at least 2 ...
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USB DVD Drive not playing DVDS
I am running Xubuntu 13.04 and I have a USB DVD Drive as its a notebook. The only problem is that it's not playing DVD's or CD's. Ive installed Restricted extra's to see if that would sort it but it ...
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Simplest sync option to mirror local directory with USB on plug-in
I have a simple USB thumbdrive, which functions as drive for my cars stereo. I'd like to use either a tool or something scriptable to achieve the following:
When the drive is plugged in, it is ...
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location of usb write cache
I've been having issues writing large file transfers to my USB stick. Many times it sits for hours "writing" but i'm not sure if it is frozen or actually writing.
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How can I check integrity of Ubuntu Startup Disk?
I created Ubuntu startup disk using Startup Disk Creator some time ago.
The pendrive have been used couple of times since then for data storage purposes. However its contents haven't been ...
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Trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 on iBook G4 from a USB key
I want to install Ubuntu on my iBook G4, but I cannot use liveCD because a CD is stuck in the drive lol... It's been a year or so. I've tried everything excepted opening it up but yeah... I've thought ...
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ubuntu 10.04.4 USB install problem
I am used my well works ubuntu 12.04.3 to wrote down the Bootable ubuntu 10.04.4 os to 4GB Pendrive.
we are need this old os, we got a slow laptop.
The pen drive is wroted perfectly, but when i am ...
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USB external drive not opened any more
I'm having a problem to access an external usb hard drive in Ubuntu 12.04. I had been succesfully using this HD both at work and home in my two Ubuntu 12.04 computers. I had to add the following line ...
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Trucrypt Automatically Mount Drive on Startup
I have a TrueCrypt volume on a USB flash drive (the USB is the volume) that I want to mount automatically on login.
I plan to use Startup Applications to run a command/script that will, 1) Mount the ...
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WBFS Manager cannot see my usb drive
I have recently installed the WBFS Manager on my laptop running on ubuntu. The application opens well and everything, however the only problem I am getting is that my usb drive/pendrive does not ...
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Is pausing of ubuntu installation normal ?
I'm trying to install 12.10 using a flash drive and I'm experiencing a stall during boot.
The last line is [4.623250] key type encrypted registered. Is this stall normal and should I just let it do ...
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USB headset does not work
OS: Ubuntu 12.10 64Bit.
Manufacture of headset CM Storm, model sirus true 5.1 surround Gaming headset
all aspects of USB microphone work.
Output
mute button works with graphical interface to ...
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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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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 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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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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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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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 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 ...
