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  1. linux - How to find the /dev name of my USB device - Super User

    Nov 1, 2011 · Now, I was supposed to see a new device like /dev/sdx, but it doesn't appear. How can I find what the name of my USB device's name and mount it? /var/log/message is empty. Here is the …

  2. How do I find on which physical device a folder is located?

    Apr 14, 2011 · The df(1) command will tell you the device that a file or directory is on: df /work The first field has the device that the file or directory is on. e.g. $ df /root Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available …

  3. command to determine ports of a device (like /dev/ttyUSB0)

    I have a question regarding the ports in Linux. If I connect my device via USB and want to check its port I can't do it using the command lsusb, which only specifies bus number and device number on...

  4. error during arch linux installation "usb 1-8: device descriptor read ...

    May 17, 2024 · That's a hardware problem; some USB device is misbehaving, on a very fundamental level. The good news is that it doesn't seem to be the problem. The problem is that you have …

  5. ubuntu - What does /dev/sda in Linux mean? - Super User

    What does /dev/sda stand for? What does it mean? I have both Fedora and Ubuntu installed and if I explore them using Ext2explore from Windows, I see these names: /dev/sda6 /dev/sda9 Please expla...

  6. linux - How can I understand the device topology? - Super User

    Feb 14, 2023 · I am having trouble understanding the device-model and PCIe topology on my system. I've listed the output I've been looking at and attempted to explain my mental-model of what's there in …

  7. How to turn USB-connected device on and off in linux?

    Mar 2, 2022 · Under Windows, i can go to the device manager and disable-enable the device, which results in it working again, but how can i do the same under Linux? Unplugging the device works but …

  8. How to mount a device in Linux? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

    On the whole this what most guides state: $ mount (lists all currently mounted devices) $ mount -t type device directory (mounts that device) for example (to mount a USB drive): $ mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 …

  9. linux - What is this dm-0 device? - Super User

    2 Since the title of the question is still "What is this dm-0 device", it should be mentioned atleast once that dm-X (dm-0, etc) are not always LVM related. More directly, they are part of the "device mapper" …

  10. umount: device is busy. Why? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

    For example, if you have /boot and /boot/efi mounted, running umount /boot will fail because the device is busy. But, if you run umount /boot/efi first, now umount /boot will succeed.