sudo mount /dev/usb/hiddev0 /mnt

tombnyg · 11-01-2020, 06:01 PM

I have a 2 Terabyte Seagate hybrid drive and I've connected it via USB (I'm running an old Dell laptop (which isn't really a laptop because the battery does not work)). The command has been running over ten minutes. Let it keep going? Thanks in advance.

sgosnell · 11-01-2020, 06:22 PM

You should kill it. It should have errored out immediately with "/dev/usb/hiddev0 is not a block device." You can't mount it.

tombnyg · 11-01-2020, 06:40 PM

Thanks, I am a little rusty. I was just trying to show the massive capacity of the drive to a 'friend' and now look like an idiot. If you or anyone would like to save me time I am open to suggestions. I know I've written to it in the past but don't remember what I used it for and it could have a windows image or filesystem on it (if that makes a difference). Thanks

michaelk · 11-01-2020, 08:10 PM

What distribution/version is running on the "laptop"

Do you know if the hybrid looks like one drive or two?

Storage device IDs are /dev/sda /dev/sdb etc. If you boot the laptop without the drive plugged in, the hybrid drive will be /dev/sdb and maybe /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc. Assuming there are partitions the simplest way to find out is to look at the output of the command:

lsblk

tombnyg · 11-01-2020, 08:23 PM

I'm going to need to investigate the disk itself, it's quiet but I don't here anything when I remove and reattach power. Looking for a voltmeter, the power pins are easy to get to. I was expecting sdb and there is none in the output of lsblk. I had actually stumbled across that command and should have known then. Thanks, will up date with solution and bow my head and slink off.

frankbell · 11-01-2020, 08:47 PM

If you run fdisk -l with the device connected, it should report how the device is seen.

I think you also need to create a mountpoint within the /mnt directory, rather than trying to mount the device directly to the root of /mnt. (Personally, I would create it within /media, but that's just me.)

tombnyg · 11-01-2020, 09:35 PM

Thank you for that. I was leary of the root of /mnt also. I did come across /media at some point also, with all the replies so far I am learning and confirming, which is more than you can ask. Many thanks.