How to make formatted flash drive found?

[Eric Shubert]

On 09/04/2011 09:35 AM, joe at actionline.com wrote:
>
>> you try mounting it?
>
> Yes.  It mounts automatically  when the drive is inserted.
> And proof that it is properly mounted is shown by the fact
> that I can copy files to it and from it.
>
> Also, fdisk -l finds and shows the device:
>>>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>>> /dev/sdb1   *          32     7821311     3910640    b  W95 FAT32
>
> However, when I try to run 'unetbootin' it states: "No USB drive is found."
>
> I have tried umount and reformatting it, both of which work fine.
> So how can I get 'unetbootin' to find it?
>
> ---------------------------------
>> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 10:48 PM,<joe at actionline.com>  wrote:
>>> What do I need to do to get my system to "see" a formatted USB flash
>>> drive?
>>>
>>> After inserting a USB flash drive, as root, 'df' shows this:
>>> Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
>>> /dev/sda1              12G  2.6G  8.7G  24% /
>>> /dev/sda6              23G 1001M   22G   5% /home
>>> /dev/sdb1             3.8G  4.0K  3.8G   1% /media/disk
>>>
>>> And fdisk -l shows this:
>>>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>>> /dev/sda1   *          63    25189919    12594928+  83  Linux
>>> /dev/sda2        25189920    78156224    26483152+   5  Extended
>>> /dev/sda5        25189983    31230359     3020188+  82  Linux swap /
>>> Solaris
>>> /dev/sda6        31230423    78156224    23462901   83  Linux
>>>
>>> Disk /dev/sdb: 4004 MB, 4004511744 bytes
>>> 116 heads, 51 sectors/track, 1322 cylinders, total 7821312 sectors
>>> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
>>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
>>> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
>>> Disk identifier: 0x00000000
>>>
>>>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>>> /dev/sdb1   *          32     7821311     3910640    b  W95 FAT32
>>>
>>> But when I try to run 'unetbootin' no USB drive is found.
>
>
>
 From 
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-linux-with-ease-using-unetbootin/ :
At the bottom, choose your drive from the drop down (if it doesn’t show 
up in the list, make sure the type is set to flash drive, that your 
flash drive is plugged in, and that other programs like a file manager 
can open it””if it still doesn’t show, try closing and re-opening 
UNetbootin).

If you still have a problem, please provide details regarding distro, 
versions (distro and unetbootin), how you installed unetbootin, etc.
-- 
-Eric 'shubes'