[Discuss] external drive not showing such as sdcard

[eric.chadbourne at icloud.com (Eric Chadbourne)]

On 7/9/21 5:15 PM, David Kramer wrote:
> I would try "sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb"
> 
> If it does not show any suitable filesystems, then that's the problem 
> and not any file permissions.
> 

Hi,

I deleted the 'eric' directory in /media as I may have done something 
weird to it a while back.  I'm always screwing with things.  Then I did 
your suggestion.

eric at dragonEnvy:/dev$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb

	Disk /dev/sdb: 57.86 GiB, 62109253632 bytes, 121307136 sectors
	Disk model: Ultra Fit
	Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
	Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
	I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I couldn't see sdb in the Disks GUI which runs as root earlier today but 
now I can.  In Disks the volume is seen but unknown.  I reformatted / 
partitioned the volume as EXT3.  I told it to overwrite everything with 
zeros and it looks like it's going to take about an hour.  However this 
is all a very good sign.

Now back to trying to figure out the sdcard.  I wager the issue is similar.

Thanks all!

Eric C

- The one who is happy the rain is gone and the redsox are on.