USb Memory Stick not found

[pottzie]

Phew! This is getting serious!

Disk /dev/sda: 30.0 GB, 30020272128 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3649 cylinders, total 58633344 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000adfcb

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048    54444031    27220992   83  Linux
/dev/sda2        54446078    58632191     2093057    5  Extended
/dev/sda5        54446080    58632191     2093056   82  Linux swap / Solaris
root@larry-Dell-DXP051:/home/larry# lshw -C disk
  *-cdrom:0 
    description: DVD reader
       product: DVD-ROM DDU1615
       vendor: SONY
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/cdrom1
       logical name: /dev/dvd1
       logical name: /dev/sr0
       version: FDS2
       capabilities: removable audio dvd
       configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
  *-cdrom:1
       description: DVD-RAM writer
       product: DVDRAM GSA-H10L
       vendor: HL-DT-ST
       physical id: 0.1.0
       bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0
       logical name: /dev/cdrom
       logical name: /dev/cdrw
       logical name: /dev/dvd
       logical name: /dev/dvdrw
       logical name: /dev/sr1
 version: LL10
       capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
       configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
  *-disk
       description: ATA Disk
       product: MD00300-BJDW
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/sda
       version: 21.0
       serial: MW0WCAL74872026
       size: 27GiB (30GB)
       capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
       configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=000adfcb
  *-disk
       description: SCSI Disk
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/sdb
root@larry-Dell-DXP051:/home/larry# blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="c6f613e2-9e48-4afc-8594-09f27fd002e2" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda5: UUID="48e3c016-fcd7-4524-ac00-18e05193e188" TYPE="swap"

[roelforg]

Phew! This is getting serious!

Disk /dev/sda: 30.0 GB, 30020272128 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3649 cylinders, total 58633344 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000adfcb

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048    54444031    27220992   83  Linux
/dev/sda2        54446078    58632191     2093057    5  Extended
/dev/sda5        54446080    58632191     2093056   82  Linux swap / Solaris
root@larry-Dell-DXP051:/home/larry# lshw -C disk
  *-cdrom:0 
    description: DVD reader
       product: DVD-ROM DDU1615
       vendor: SONY
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/cdrom1
       logical name: /dev/dvd1
       logical name: /dev/sr0
       version: FDS2
       capabilities: removable audio dvd
       configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
  *-cdrom:1
       description: DVD-RAM writer
       product: DVDRAM GSA-H10L
       vendor: HL-DT-ST
       physical id: 0.1.0
       bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0
       logical name: /dev/cdrom
       logical name: /dev/cdrw
       logical name: /dev/dvd
       logical name: /dev/dvdrw
       logical name: /dev/sr1
 version: LL10
       capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
       configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
  *-disk
       description: ATA Disk
       product: MD00300-BJDW
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/sda
       version: 21.0
       serial: MW0WCAL74872026
       size: 27GiB (30GB)
       capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
       configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=000adfcb
  *-disk
       description: SCSI Disk
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/sdb
root@larry-Dell-DXP051:/home/larry# blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="c6f613e2-9e48-4afc-8594-09f27fd002e2" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda5: UUID="48e3c016-fcd7-4524-ac00-18e05193e188" TYPE="swap"

I'm starting to think this usb has been wiped clean of all data.
If you can use it from another system, use that and copy the files.
Because you're gonna have to repartition the thing.

[Boyntonstu]

I am also having difficulty:

boyntonstu@boyntonstu-s5704y:~$ sudo mkdir /media/myusb
[sudo] password for boyntonstu:
boyntonstu@boyntonstu-s5704y:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdb /media/myusb
mount: /dev/sdb already mounted or /media/myusb busy
boyntonstu@boyntonstu-s5704y:~$ cd /dev/sdb
bash: cd: /dev/sdb: Not a directory
boyntonstu@boyntonstu-s5704y:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdb /media/myusb
mount: /dev/sdb already mounted or /media/myusb busy
boyntonstu@boyntonstu-s5704y:~$ cd /dev/sdb:
bash: cd: /dev/sdb:: No such file or directory
boyntonstu@boyntonstu-s5704y:~$


boyntonstu@boyntonstu-s5704y:~$ cd /media/myusb
boyntonstu@boyntonstu-s5704y:/media/myusb$ ls
boyntonstu@boyntonstu-s5704y:/media/myusb$ cd ..
boyntonstu@boyntonstu-s5704y:/media$ ls
myusb OS STU EXT HD
boyntonstu@boyntonstu-s5704y:/media$

[pottzie]

This is the first time I've attempted to read a memory stick since I installed 12.04. I just tried 3 other sticks, and none of them are showing up. Nothing pops up on screen, nothing shows up under file systems, and lsusb shows them in the terminal.

Possible that it has something to do with the fact that I'm using Gnome?