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How can I find the device file for a phone, so that I can mount it on my Linux?

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I connect a phone to my Linux laptop using USB. I click File Transfer option in the pop-up window on the phone. In order to mount the phone on my Linux, I have to find the block device on my Linux. I suspect its device file is /dev/sdb1, but I can't find it: $ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors Disk model: ST1000LM014-1EJ1 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 18E6169E-AE75-4F4D-82EE-32A4A1B85155 Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sda1 1048576 69206015 68157440 32.5G Linux swap /dev/sda2 69206016 195035135 125829120 60G Linux filesystem /dev/sda3 195035136 1953523711 1758488576 838.5G Linux filesystem /dev/sda4 2048 1048575 1046528 511M EFI System Partition table entries are not in disk order. and $ sudo lsblk -l NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS sda 8:0 0 931.5G 0 disk sda1 8:1 0 32.5G 0 part [SWAP] sda2 8:2 0 60G 0 part /nix/store / sda3 8:3 0 838.5G 0 part /home sda4 8:4 0 511M 0 part /boot sr0 11:0 1 3.3M 0 rom sudo lshw shows the phone as: *-usb physical id: 14 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0 version: 31 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:129 memory:df410000-df41ffff *-usbhost:0 product: xHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 5.19.0 xhci-hcd physical id: 0 bus info: usb@1 logical name: usb1 version: 5.19 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=hub slots=16 speed=480Mbit/s *-usb:0 description: Mass storage device product: FRD-AL10 vendor: HUAWEI physical id: 1 bus info: usb@1:1 version: 2.99 serial: capabilities: usb-2.00 scsi configuration: driver=usb-storage maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s How can I find the device file for the phone, so that I can mount it on my Linux? Thanks.
Asked by Tim (106420 rep)
Aug 29, 2023, 06:44 AM
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