Usb Storage Not Recognised?!

[xgalexyx]

I have an old Dell Inspire 8600 which was running quite slow so i decided to put lubuntu on as i have previously used ubuntu and lubuntu is meant to be similar, but more lightweight and quicker on older machines. Lubuntu installed fine and i went to plug in a usb pen drive which contained a few documents i wanted to transfer. When i plugged it in the usb its LED turned on, but there was no notification or any sign of it existing.

I tried "fdisk -1" and it replied

"fdisk: invalid option -- '1'"

Is there a way i can get this USB recognised with no internet access on the dell 8600?

[xgalexyx]

Or could it be not working because of the lack of an internet connection, through which it would download appropriate drivers?

[Cheesemill]

What's the output of:

sudo fdisk -l

(It's a lowercase L, not the number 1).

[xgalexyx]

Ok so it's not lubuntu, or at least i don't think it is. I can use my phone and plug the usb in to mount the micro sd inside my phone, with no problems. It appears the laptop simply doesn't recognize that memory card.

[LukeMorrison]

I think the command you are looking for is the following:

sudo fdisk -l

I've had trouble using that command without sudo. Also, it is a lower case "L", not the number one

Ah...beaten to it, by Cheesemill