Comments on: 4 Useful Way to Know Plugged USB Device Name in Linux https://www.tecmint.com/find-usb-device-name-in-linux/ Tecmint - Linux Howtos, Tutorials, Guides, News, Tips and Tricks. Thu, 13 Jul 2023 18:01:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Feng https://www.tecmint.com/find-usb-device-name-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-1389091 Fri, 13 Nov 2020 22:51:14 +0000 http://www.tecmint.com/?p=23280#comment-1389091 the only useful tip is to look at dmesg.

]]> By: Swaraj https://www.tecmint.com/find-usb-device-name-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-1096771 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 07:21:07 +0000 http://www.tecmint.com/?p=23280#comment-1096771 When i plug in USB device in Linux, its not detecting anything. Can we have solution for this?

]]> By: Aaron Kili https://www.tecmint.com/find-usb-device-name-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-979870 Tue, 03 Apr 2018 18:04:04 +0000 http://www.tecmint.com/?p=23280#comment-979870 In reply to Jim Mooney.

@Jim

You can always identify drives or partitions by their file system type, size as well mount points, however, taking some time to understand naming of storage media under /dev virtual file system will help you avoid such mistakes in the future.

]]> By: Jim Mooney https://www.tecmint.com/find-usb-device-name-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-979528 Mon, 02 Apr 2018 00:10:10 +0000 http://www.tecmint.com/?p=23280#comment-979528 I still have no idea how to make sure by winchester external drive is the right one. I thought I had it and then formatted my main computer drive by mistake. That was a problem.

]]> By: Aaron Kili https://www.tecmint.com/find-usb-device-name-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-970388 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:05:10 +0000 http://www.tecmint.com/?p=23280#comment-970388 In reply to Daniel.

@Daniel

Try to contact the developers of Samsung unified linux driver for any assistance. However, once we find a solution, we will share it with you.

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