# RebornOS doesn't find removable devices
**URL:** https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891
**Category:** Newbies
**Created:** [December 10, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891 "2022-12-10T13:38:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Rallebiker](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Rallebiker)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/1 "2022-12-10T13:38:41Z")
Hi,
I just installed RebornOS twice,
because I thought I made a mistake.
Automatic installation with automatic partioning works fine.
But if I insert an USB stick or external HDD RebornOS ignored it
Any idea?
Regards
Rallebiker
---
### Author:  [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/2 "2022-12-10T13:46:27Z")
Hi @Rallebiker
1. Could you try to plugin your devices and share the output of the following commands?
```nohighlight
sudo pacman -S --needed usbutils
lsusb -v
sudo fdisk -l
```
1. Also, do you see your devices on the `gparted` application?
2. Which desktop environment are you on?
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### Author:  [@Rallebiker](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Rallebiker)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/3 "2022-12-10T14:09:56Z")
> [@shivanandvp](#):
>
> 1. Could you try to plugin your devices and share the output of the following commands?
>
> ```auto
> sudo pacman -S --needed usbutils
>
> lsusb -v
>
> sudo fdisk -l
>
> ```
>
> 1. Also, do you see your devices on the `gparted` application?
> 2. Which desktop environment are you on?
Sorry I have to write it manually because I didn’t find a Bluetoothmanager in preferences,
so I couldn’t activated my Bluetooth mouse.
```auto
sudo pacman -S --needed usbutils
"Warning usbutils-015-2 ist aktuell -- Überspringe
Es gibt nichts zu tun"
lsusb -v
" bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xe0
Self Powered
Remote Wakeup
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 9 Hub
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0 Full speed (or root) hub
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0004 1x 4 bytes
bInterval 12"
sudo fdisk .l
"Einheiten: Sektoren von 1 * 512 = 512 Bytes
Sektorgröße (logisch/physikalisch): 512 Bytes / 512 Bytes
E/A-Größe (minimal/optimal): 512 Bytes / 512 Bytes
Festplattenbezeichnungstyp: gpt
Festplattenbezeichner: C13A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
Gerät Anfang Ende Sektoren Größe Typ
/dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 206847 204800 100M EFI-System
/dev/nvme0n1p2 206848 239615 32768 16M Microsoft reserviert
/dev/nvme0n1p3 239616 499688894 499449279 238,2G Microsoft Basisdaten
/dev/nvme0n1p4 999139328 1000212479 1073152 524M Windows-Wiederherstellungsu
/dev/nvme0n1p5 499688896 999138171 499449276 238,2G Linux-Dateisystem
Partitionstabelleneinträge sind nicht in Festplatten-Reihenfolge.
Festplatte /dev/sda: 29,79 GiB, 31981568000 Bytes, 62464000 Sektoren
Festplattenmodell: Flash Disk
Einheiten: Sektoren von 1 * 512 = 512 Bytes
Sektorgröße (logisch/physikalisch): 512 Bytes / 512 Bytes
E/A-Größe (minimal/optimal): 512 Bytes / 512 Bytes
Festplattenbezeichnungstyp: dos
Festplattenbezeichner: 0x00000000
Gerät Boot Anfang Ende Sektoren Größe Kn Typ
/dev/sda1 * 64 4802403 4802340 2,3G 0 Leer
/dev/sda2 4802404 4810595 8192 4M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)"
```
Gparted : Yes I can see my device
Desktop: XFCE
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### Author:  [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/4 "2022-12-10T14:13:42Z")
@Rallebiker
Looks like your device is recognized fine. Is it a new USB device? If it is a new device and is empty, create a partition table on it using `gparted`. A `gpt` partition table is recommended and click on “Apply”. Then you can create a new partition on it and apply the changes. After you do that, your file manager should be able to mount the USB device when you plug it in the next time
If it is an old device with data on it, then do not modify anything. Test it on another computer
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### Author:  [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/5 "2022-12-10T14:22:31Z")
@Rallebiker
Also share the output of
```nohighlight
sudo mkdir -p /mnt
sudo mount -v /dev/sda1 /mnt
```
If there are no errors, check if the USB device shows up in your file manager
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### Author:  [@Rallebiker](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Rallebiker)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/6 "2022-12-10T15:32:39Z")
> [@shivanandvp](#):
>
> Also share the output of
>
> ```auto
> sudo mkdir -p /mnt
>
> sudo mount -v /dev/sda1 /mnt
>
> ```
>
> If there are no errors, check if the USB device shows up in your file manager
sudo mkdir -p /mnt
Shows Nothing
sudo mount -v /dev /sda1 /mnt
"mount: /dev/ sda1 ist auf /mnt eingehängt.
My USB sticks are all ok.
In Windows, Garuda, Endevarous I plug them in and find them immediatly,
why not in RebornOS?
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### Author:  [@Pandaa](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Pandaa)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/7 "2022-12-10T15:33:49Z")
Theres a space in /dev/sda1
EDIT: You should look at `lsblk` or see if `gvfs` is installed
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### Author:  [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/8 "2022-12-10T15:35:09Z")
> [@Rallebiker](#):
>
> sudo mount -v /dev /sda1 /mnt
> "mount: /dev/ sda1 ist auf /mnt eingehängt.
After running the mount command, does the file manager show your USB device? I am trying to figure out what is going on.
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### Author:  [@Rallebiker](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Rallebiker)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/9 "2022-12-10T15:36:48Z")
> [@shivanandvp](#):
>
> After running the mount command, does the file manager show your USB device? I am trying to figure out what is going on.
No.
Thank you.
Regards
---
### Author:  [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/10 "2022-12-10T15:39:35Z")
@Rallebiker
As @Pandaa mentioned, let us check the output of `lsblk` and figure out the filesystems
What is the output of
```auto
lsblk -f
```
?
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### Author:  [@Rallebiker](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Rallebiker)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/11 "2022-12-10T15:58:33Z")
lsbkl -f
“Command not found”
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### Author:  [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/12 "2022-12-10T15:59:50Z")
It should be `lsblk -f`. You seem to have made a mistake while typing
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### Author:  [@Rallebiker](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Rallebiker)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/13 "2022-12-10T16:56:32Z")
]$ lsblk -f
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
sda
└─sda1
ntfs 5E64AC8F22085B75
nvme0n1
├─nvme0n1p1
│ vfat FAT32 BC3D-CBFA 69,5M 28% /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2
│
├─nvme0n1p3
│ ntfs 261040B210408B2F
├─nvme0n1p4
│ ntfs 62E0ABCBE0ABA42F
└─nvme0n1p5
ext4 1.0 ca98549b-08d6-4b04-9df6-9548c5bd573f 214,1G 3% /
[rale@ralf-20kd001mmd ~]$
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### Author:  [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/14 "2022-12-10T17:03:52Z")
Thanks. Can we we see that it is mounted correctly?
```auto
df -h
sudo chmod 755 /mnt
ls /mnt
```
---
### Author:  [@Rallebiker](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Rallebiker)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/15 "2022-12-10T17:28:37Z")
df -h
df -h
Dateisystem Größe Benutzt Verf. Verw% Eingehängt auf
dev 3,6G 0 3,6G 0% /dev
run 3,6G 9,7M 3,6G 1% /run
/dev/nvme0n1p5 234G 7,3G 215G 4% /
tmpfs 3,6G 0 3,6G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 3,6G 8,0K 3,6G 1% /tmp
/dev/nvme0n1p1 96M 27M 70M 28% /boot/efi
tmpfs 736M 60K 736M 1% /run/user/1001
sudo chmod 755 /mnt
Shows nothing
lf /mnt
Shows nothing
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### Author:  [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/16 "2022-12-10T17:33:01Z")
Did you reboot after mounting? (I mean you should not reboot yet)
```nohighlight
sudo chmod 755 /mnt
LANG=C sudo mount -v /dev/sda1 /mnt
LANG=C df -h
LANG=C ls /mnt
```
---
### Author:  [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/17 "2022-12-10T17:53:05Z")
@Rallebiker
Another thing to try:
```nohighlight
sudo pacman -S thunar-volman gvfs
```
Reboot and if the USB problem is not solved, check [this setting](https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/attachment.php?attachmentid=13543&d=1380056781)
[](https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/attachment.php?attachmentid=13543&d=1380056781)
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### Author:  [@Rallebiker](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Rallebiker)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/18 "2022-12-10T17:58:53Z")
No reboot. I didn’t know.
The pamac showed me - new packages.
I startetd pamac and if it was at “Starting transaction hook”
it hangs, hangs hangs.
I made a shutdown and after restart Reborn doesn’t work anymore.
Grub comes up, but Reborn doesn’t comes up.
Only Windows comes up.
@ shivanandvp
Thanks a lot for help.
I don’t want to install RebornOS a third time.
I think RebornOS is nothing for Newbies as I am.
Regards
Rallebiker
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### Author:  [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/19 "2022-12-10T18:13:06Z")
Reinstall is not required.
The rebooting issue is unrelated and is due to a recent grub update on Arch Linux
If you have an unbootable system, We should be able to fix that easily by chrooting, only if you are interested in going through the process.
---
### Author:  [@Rallebiker](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Rallebiker)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-doesnt-find-removable-devices/891/20 "2022-12-10T20:02:42Z")
No thank you.
I’m only a user, searching a stable, fast, and easy to handle OS.
I do not want to go into the OS via terminal.
Regards Rallebiker
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