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  • I am on a fedora VM (Windows 7 host). I just plugged in a usd drive (Windows doesn't recognize it because the VM is running) and issued the command $ fdisk -l. But it only lists Linux and Linux LVM file systems (only two). Not vfat, ntfs, hpfs or ext etc.
    – its_me
    Commented Aug 17, 2011 at 20:49
  • Maybe this is not a mount issue, but a device recognition problem. Take a look at /var/log/message file, it should show if there is any problem with the USB device.
    – ghm1014
    Commented Aug 17, 2011 at 20:56
  • So, normally is this how I should find it on a running linux system: plugin a pen drive (example), issue the command # fdisk -l and find the device (/dev/*) & its filesystem (vfat, ntfs, hpfs, ext etc). Right?
    – its_me
    Commented Aug 17, 2011 at 21:02
  • Usually, yes. If you're running gnome, it mount usb and external hard drives but itself without manually mount. It shows a popup window just like Windows does.
    – ghm1014
    Commented Aug 17, 2011 at 21:55
  • One last doubt. Are these the only common filesystem device files: /dev/sd* or /dev/hd* are for hard disks, /dev/cdrom for CD-ROMs and /dev/fd* for floppies. Anything else?
    – its_me
    Commented Aug 17, 2011 at 22:00