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*How do you find an external USB disk?
*How do you find an external USB disk?


Type sudo fdisk -l  
Type sudo fdisk -l  
This lists disks.


I got the former disks, plus /dev/sdb1
I got the former disks, plus /dev/sdb1


=How to copy /home/marcin directory to /dev/sdb1 ?
*How to copy /home/marcin directory to /dev/sdb1 ? Is that the path? What is the difference between path and TOSHIBA EXT? What is mounting a disk?
*What is the path of external disk, and what is difference between path and /dev/sdb1 ?

Revision as of 03:15, 27 February 2016

Finding and Copying to External Disks

  • How do you find an external USB disk?

Type sudo fdisk -l

This lists disks.

I got the former disks, plus /dev/sdb1

  • How to copy /home/marcin directory to /dev/sdb1 ? Is that the path? What is the difference between path and TOSHIBA EXT? What is mounting a disk?
  • What is the path of external disk, and what is difference between path and /dev/sdb1 ?