
Lsusb returns the following, but takes a good 6 seconds to return the outputīus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.īus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubīus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp.īus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubīus 004 Device 005: ID 1058:0740 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Note, in this output there is no /dev/sdb as I have on the Dell. Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary. I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes


In Menu, Accessories, Disks, only the internal drive is listed.ĭisk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytesĢ55 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors The drive cannot be manually mounted as there is no device file /dev/sd* to mount from.īrw-rw- 1 root disk 8, 0 Jul 11 22:36 /dev/sdaīrw-rw- 1 root disk 8, 1 Jul 11 22:36 /dev/sda1īrw-rw- 1 root disk 8, 2 Jul 11 22:36 /dev/sda2īrw-rw- 1 root disk 8, 5 Jul 11 22:36 /dev/sda5 USB Flashdrives automount fine, even on the USB port which the WD drive has been connected to.

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