I am assuming that you have the Linux MX OS on an SD Card in the RPi SD Card slot, and the SD card you are trying to identify in a USB SD card reader.Now, all of that said. The Linux version I'm playing with on the PI5 is Linux MX, a derivative of Debian, and disgustingly, I seriously don't know how to load (mount) an sdcard ... a bit of step by step handholding would be much appreciated.
- Run the lsblk command before and after inserting the SD card in question. The differences will tell you the device name of the SD card, and what partitions it contains. It may possibly show that some or all the partitions have been auto-mounted by the OS.
- Once you know the device name, run cfdisk to identify the type of each partition. This will give some indication of the type of filesystems you can expect.
- Create a location to mount the SD card (e.g. mkdir /mnt/tmp). Then use the mount command to mount a partition. mount -t auto /dev/??? /mnt/tmp (replace the ??? by the SD card device name) will often work. sudo may be necessary.
- Once mounted, you can explore the disk to identify it,
- Use umount to unmount the partition one you have finished.
Statistics: Posted by Memotech Bill — Tue Jul 16, 2024 6:57 am
