[SOLVED] how do I mount external devices?

[slymi2005]

I'm trying to mount my mp3 player here is my sudo fdisk -l:


Disk /dev/sda: 20.0 GB, 20020396032 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2434 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0001da31

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 893 7172991 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 894 2434 12378082+ 83 Linux
Note: sector size is 2048 (not 512)

Disk /dev/sdb: 1841 MB, 1841299456 bytes
1 heads, 62 sectors/track, 14501 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 62 * 2048 = 126976 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 69273667 4294967294 ff BBT
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
Note: sector size is 2048 (not 512)

Disk /dev/sdb1: 2199.0 GB, 2199023253504 bytes
1 heads, 62 sectors/track, 17318416 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 62 * 2048 = 126976 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1p1 1 69273667 4294967294 ff BBT
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.

I am trying to mount /dev/sdb1, I think, but I don't know the proper way to enter that into the terminal I think it's sudo mount something but I don't know for sure. If anyone can help that would be great.

[Raccoon1400]

sudo mount -t filesystem type /dev/sdx /path/to/mountpoint

[slymi2005]

Would you by any chance be able to give me a command that would mount the /dev/sdb1 ?

[Raccoon1400]

Would you by any chance be able to give me a command that would mount the /dev/sdb1 ?
What's the file system type?

mount -t filesystemtype /dev/sdb1 /media/disk

you may need to
mkdir /media/disk first

[slymi2005]

How do I find out the file system type?

[zaviera]

the filesystem that your mp3 show in system when you run fdisk -l
according to the system information when you run fdisk the filesystem is BBT.

[Victormd]

What is your mp3 player and how is the USB connection on it set up as? MTP or MSC? It might not be as simple as mounting your mp3 player, you might have to change the USB mode before you mount.

[slymi2005]

I tried bbt but all i get is this


sudo mount -t bbt /dev/sdb1 /media/disk
mount: unknown filesystem type 'bbt'


any ideas?

[slymi2005]

Victor it is a sony walkman nwz-s615f, its usb 1.01 but I don't know if it is mtp or msc, how would I go about finding out? The mp3 player no longer shows up in the media section and I don't know how to change the usb mode. Any ideas?

[Victormd]

Generally, you choose the USB mode on the device under settings but I'm not sure how that works with sony mp3 players. What you can try is to mount (manually) using pmount

Connect your mp3 player (does not need to mount) and type:

ls /dev/disk/by-label -lah
and this will list your usb devices. You should have at least one line like this:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2008-06-06 10:32 WALKMAN -> ../../sdb1
(In this example, the ID is sdb1
To mount the player, you can try:

pmount /dev/<device ID> Walkman
and this will create a directory in /media and mount the device there...
To unmount your mp3, use:

pumount Walkman
Let me know how this works...

[slymi2005]

Thank you so much! Sorry it's been so long but I finally tried it and I had to install pmount (sudo apt-get install pmount) and then all I did was pmount /dev/sdb1 WALKMAN