fdisk -l does not work

Hi folks,

Novice Linux user here. I am a chem eng using Linux OS to run
Fortran programs for molecular simulations. I have a fairly old distro of
Red Hat. trying to find command for use of flash drive.
To mount floppy I use:

mount /mnt/floppy

I do not know what /dev my flash drive would be.

Any Help?

As suggested, I tried 'fdisk -l' to ascertain /dev ------NO GOOD!!

 

Do you see it in the output of

Code:

ls /dev/

?

 

Hi again,

ls /dev/ gives me a bunch of devices like sdfg1 etc but no fdisk -l

help!!

 

Try to connect the flash drive and enter:

Code:

dmesg

and see if it got detected.

 

If You'd know the path to the flash drive You could mount it ex. like this:

Code:

mount -t filesystem_type path_to_drive mount_point

example:

Code:

mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /mnt/flash_drive

/mnt/flash_drive has to exist. If it doesn't You can:

Code:

mkdir /mnt/flash_drive

You can also make the system determine the fs type automatically:

Code:

mount -t auto /dev/sdc1 /mnt/flash_drive

After You finish enter:

Code:

umount /mnt/flash_drive

More info:

Code:

man mount