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How do I know the device path to an USB-stick?

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I have a USB-stick (used as an installation medium). Now I need to install a driver from a restricted folder on that device). But how do I get the device path to my USB-stick (e.g. /dev/sda3 so I can mount it using the mount command?

I have read the answer to https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/18925/how-to-mount-a-device-in-linux-beginners-confusion but fdisk -l shows nothing to me.

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answered 2 Years ago arsleyeuth · Accepted Answer

First plug in your USB-Stick.

Then type:

lsblk

Your output should look something like this

NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT

sda      8:0    0 465,8G  0 disk 

├─sda1   8:1    0  74,5G  0 part /

├─sda2   8:2    0 390,2G  0 part /home

├─sda3   8:3    0     1K  0 part 

└─sda5   8:5    0     1G  0 part [SWAP]

Now you can use the size to determine which one is your usb stick . To mount it somewhere in your home folder for example just type:

mkdir ~/UsbStick

sudo mount /dev/PATH_TO_YOUR_STICK ~/UsbStick

obviously replacing PATH_TO_YOUR_STICK with the right /dev/sdX path and ~/UsbStick with the directory you created using the mkdir command