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This will tell you basically the contents of a system log which gives you information
about the device you have just plugged in. You can also issue the following
commands:
$ sudo lsusb
Which will tell you about the device identifiers, and also:
$ sudo lsblk
This command will tell you the /dev/ mount points.
You will now need somewhere to mount the drive to. To make a directory and set
the permissions onto it by issuing the following commands:
$ sudo mkdir /media/ssd
$ sudo chmod 755 /media/ssd
Once you know the device mount point, you can then issue the following
command:
$ sudo mount /dev/sd<x><y> /media/ssd
Note:
Mounting will only work if the mSATA SSD has a file system and partitions
setup (see ‘Imaging and Setting Up Partitions’ in this document.), you will want to
mount the relevant partition (which has a number, such as /dev/sdb1) as opposed
to the device itself (/dev/sdb).
The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s official magazine, The Mag Pi has a good article on
this:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/connecting-disks-with-the-command-line/
MICROSOFT WINDOWS
Thanks to an open source project called Ext2Fsd (Ext2 File System Driver) it is now
possible to very easily mount linux FS onto Microsoft Windows OS.
You can download and install the software from these websites:
http://www.ext2fsd.com/
