2024-08-03 21:50:07 +00:00
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# Storage Device Management
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In order to interact with a USB device on a Linux system it first has to be
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`mounted`. In order to mount a USB device, one must first identify the device
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name, and then use the `mount` command.
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## Finding a Storage Device Name
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USB devices are assigned names when they are connected to a Linux operating
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system. The first storage device is assigned the name `sda` (storage device a),
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the second `sdb`, the third `sdc` and so on.
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One may use the `lsblk` to list the detected storage devices for a system, which
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will output something like this:
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```
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NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
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xvda 202:0 1 50G 0 disk
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├─xvda1 202:1 1 200M 0 part
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├─xvda2 202:2 1 2M 0 part
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└─xvda3 202:3 1 49.8G 0 part /
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xvdb 202:16 1 1.9T 0 disk /rw
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xvdc 202:32 1 10G 0 disk
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├─xvdc1 202:33 1 1G 0 part [SWAP]
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└─xvdc3 202:35 1 9G 0 part
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xvdd 202:48 1 526.8M 1 disk
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```
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Then after plugging in the Storage Device run `lsblk` and look for what's
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different. In this example, the newly detected storage device is `sdb`:
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```
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NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
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sdb 8:16 1 14.5G 0 disk
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xvda 202:0 1 50G 0 disk
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├─xvda1 202:1 1 200M 0 part
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├─xvda2 202:2 1 2M 0 part
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└─xvda3 202:3 1 49.8G 0 part /
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xvdb 202:16 1 1.9T 0 disk /rw
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xvdc 202:32 1 10G 0 disk
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├─xvdc1 202:33 1 1G 0 part [SWAP]
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└─xvdc3 202:35 1 9G 0 part
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xvdd 202:48 1 526.8M 1 disk
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```
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## Mounting a Storage Device
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In order to mount a device, first ensure that the directory you will mount to
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exists by running:
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```sh
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mkdir -p /media/usb
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```
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Then run the following command to mount the storage device:
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```sh
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sudo mount /dev/<usb_device_name> /media/usb
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