I was going to say you have to give it a partiton to work with. so it would be sdc1 at least. sdc is a device. On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: > Pull the drive out and do: > cat /proc/partitions > > Then insert the drive into your computer, count to 10 and run the above > command again. The new drive that shows up is the one you just inserted. > If you don't see any differences, run it again, the drive just might be > slow in connecting to you system. If it doesn't show up at all, it might > be damaged and isn't going to show up... try turning it off and back on > again :) > > Brian Cluff > > > On 08/25/2013 11:05 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> Well, I stuck a usb drive into the computer, opened a terminal, and >> copied files to it. Then I forgot to umount the drive and pulled the >> drive out. Now I need to format it and do not know how to do that. How >> do I see what the drive is being called when I stick it in? >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen