This user is the only one which can access the commands to manually mount your drive. Some newer models also have some ports on the front panel.Īfter you’ve plugged it in, you’ll want to open a terminal window and become the “root” user. These usually are found on the back-side of your computer.
Plug in the flash drive into one of the USB ports on your computer. The second way we’ll explain should be used if you plan on using your flash drive on a more regular basis. The first way we’ll describe should be used if you are going to rarely mount your drive, or only mount it once. There are two ways to manually mount your flash drive in Linux. * note* Before you begin trying to do this manually, make sure Linux has not all ready mounted your drive to your Desktop automatically.
