when automounter is acting up, i usually plug in the usb drive, dmesg to
see what sd* it assigned it to, and manually mount

On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 11:41 AM Dennis via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> I want to get Tails on a usb drive. I went to the Tails website followed
> the instructions to the letter.
>
> I have a 64 gig usb drive set to use. In this instance it is /*dev/sdd1*.
> I chose the command line installation process. I went through the key
> verifying process and some of it worked, most didn’t.
>
> Next step, download the image. It went to *home*/*dad*.
>
> Next step, installing using dd. I followed that to the letter. It took a
> couple of minutes to do and the curser went to the normal prompt. Not only
> did I not get the Tails distro
>
> Now I’m supposed to restart my (Mint 19.1) system and get to the start
> screen. But the usb drive isn’t found. I went back to the command line and
> entered df -h. No 64 gig usb drive. I pulled the usb out of the slot and
> reentered it. Still no 64 gig drive.
>
> The last time this happened, I had to go to Windows 10 so it could
> recognize the usb drive. I noo longer have a working copy of Win 10.
>
> Is there some way to force the command line readout to see the usb drive?
> I can go the computer icon on the desktop and see the usb drive. When I try
> to open it I get "Unable to mount location". Any ideas?
>
>
>
> "By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll be happy; if you get
> a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.”
>
> -Socrates
>
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