MOUNTING USB FLASH ON UBUNTU SERVER 14.04

Unlike on the Microsoft Windows OS, USB Flash that has pluged on Ubuntu should mounted before you can use it. This article related to previous article, about how to copy files on ubuntu server 14 using USB flash to be transferred to another PC.

1. Attach USB Flash
   Plug USB Flash to USB Port Of Ubuntu Server

2. Identify Attached Drives
   Type on command prompt:
   
   # fdisk -l
   Note: USB attached as /dev/sdb1

3. Make Folder for Mounting Drives
   Type on command prompt:
   
# mkdir flash

4. Mounting Drives
   Type on command prompt:
   # mount /dev/sdb1 /home/midnet/flash

5. Check Mount Point
   Type on command prompt:
   # cd flash
   Check mounted USB flash !
   # ls

6. Implementation
   An example for copying squid.crt at "/etc/squid/ssl_certs"
   • Check if the file exists!
     Type on command prompt:
     # ls /etc/squid/ssl_certs
   • In order to copy "squid.crt", type on command prompt:
     
     # cp /etc/squid/ssl_certs/squid.crt /home/midnet/flash
   • Check if the file was copied on flashdisk
     Type on command prompt:
     
     # ls

7. Unmounting Drives
   Type on command prompt:
   
   # cd ..
   # umount /home/midnet/flash