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How to find the /dev name of my USB device
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Mar 15, 2026279255 viewsConfidence Score1%
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I am running a Ubuntu 11 guest on a Windows XP host with VMware. I want to format an SD card in Ubuntu, but I can't figure out which device the SD card is. I plug the card into the built-in socket of my laptop. I "safely remove" the device in Windows. Then, I "connect" the PCMCIA reader in VMware. Now, I was supposed to see a new device like , but it doesn't appear. How can I find what the name of my USB device's name and mount it? is empty. Here is the output of dmesg: And, here are the last lines of :
Error Output
/dev/xxx
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Try . This is the output from my current setup: I'm using Ubuntu 12.10.
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