Run dmesg -w
or dmesg --follow
, press control-L to clear the screen (all of that stuff is irrelevant), then plug in and unplug the drive a few times. If you get messages, then the kernel can recognize the drive. Press control-C when you're done.
Does it detect the drive itself via an fdisk -l?
What does dmesg say?
fdisk -l does not detect the drive.
dmesg | less says:
[ 397.817177] usb 1-2.2: new high-speed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd [ 398.008829] usb 1-2.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0634, idProduct=5600, bcdDevice= 1.00 [ 398.008836] usb 1-2.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=1 [ 398.008839] usb 1-2.2: Product: Crucial X8 SSD [ 398.008842] usb 1-2.2: Manufacturer: Micron Technology Inc [ 398.008844] usb 1-2.2: SerialNumber: 1950E328848A [ 398.050672] scsi host7: uas [ 398.941402] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access Micron Crucial X8 SSD 0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6 [ 398.944414] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0 [ 400.317609] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/932 GiB) [ 400.317757] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Write Protect is off [ 400.317760] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00 [ 400.318003] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 400.318081] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Preferred minimum I/O size 512 bytes [ 400.318086] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Optimal transfer size 33553920 bytes [ 400.325350] sde: sde1 [ 400.325432] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI disk [ 444.986115] usb 1-2.2: USB disconnect, device number 8 [ 445.013859] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Synchronizing SCSI cache [ 445.175859] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK [ 450.120178] [UFW BLOCK] IN=enp4s0 OUT= MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:48:5d:36:2c:51:00:08:00 SRC=192.168.1.1 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=36 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=1 ID=47108 DF PROTO=2 [ 575.140669] [UFW BLOCK] IN=enp4s0 OUT= MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:48:5d:36:2c:51:00:08:00 SRC=192.168.1.1 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=36 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=1 ID=43202 DF PROTO=2
Is this an older build of PopOS that perhaps doesn't have exfat compatibility in its kernel?
No, I keep it updated
are exfat-fuse or exfatprogs packages installed?
Can the popOS install format the USB? is it listed in lsusb?
popOS cannot format the drive, at least, it cannot see it in Disks. lsusb shows the drive
Bus 001 Device 021: ID 0634:5600 Micron Technology, Inc. Crucial X8 SSD
Does lsblk list a block dev for it?
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