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The system failed to detect ( and mount) the card when inserted. Ultimately, had to manually mount it.

#1. Check if the device is read by the system:
  • Before inserting

*$ ls /dev/* | wc -l

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  • After inserting

*$ ls /dev/* | wc -l

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*538 to 542 tells some files or directories were added

  • Also

*$ dmesg | tail -n 7*

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Notice : mmcblk0, that’s the device name

#2. Check if the device is listed (Other ways to see if device is recognized in some way)

*$lsblk*

Lists block devices

*$lsusb*

Lists usb devices

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Notice the name : *mmcblk0* and *mmcblk0p1*

Also the size : 3.7G

#3. Mount

*$mount -t type device dir

Mounts a device name device of fs type type to directory dr

Here:

*$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/mmcblk0p1 Desktop/card/

  • Attempt 1

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  • Attempt 2

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*[-t] option indicates fstype ie. the filesystem type with which the device is formatted; which in here is vfat The most common are ext2, ext3, ext4, xfs, btrfs, vfat, sysfs, proc, nfs and cifs *

#DONE!