> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 11:59 AM
> From: "Reco" <recovery...@enotuniq.net>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: How do I mount the USB stick containing the installer in Rescue
> Mode?
>
> > Output of mount is
> >
> > root@perfect:/# mount
> > /dev/mapper/perfect--vg-root on / type ext4 (rw,relatime)
> > devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs
> > (rw,relatime,size=8137669k,nr_inodes=2034417,mode=755)
> > proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
> > sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
> > tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=1629756k,mode=755)
> > root@perfect:/#
>
> And yet it fails to mount /dev/sdb1. Interesting.
>
I suppose the reason is that the USB stick is already mounted for booting into
Rescue Mode.
> Ok, how about this (I'm assuming that the USB stick in question is
> plugged in):
>
Yes, it's always plugged in because I need it in Rescue Mode.
> lsblk
>
root@perfect:/# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 0 disk
sda1 8.1 0 0 part
sda2 8:2 0 0 part
sda3 8:3 0 0 part
sda3_crypt 253:0 0 0 crypt
perfect--vg-swap 253:1 0 0 lvm
perfect--vg-root 253:2 0 0 lvm /
sdb 8:16 1 0 disk
sdb1 8:17 1 0 part
sdb2 8:18 1 0 part
sr0 11:0 1 0 rom
root@perfect:/#
> fdisk -l /dev/sdb
>
root@perfect:/# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 0 7677919 7677920 3.7G 0 Empty
/dev/sdb2 24260 29443 5184 2.5M ef EFI
(FAT-12/16/32)
root@perfect:/#
> file -sL /dev/sdb1
>
root@perfect:/# file -sL /dev/sdb1
bash: file: command not found
root@perfect:/#
> ls -al /media/usbdisk
>
root@perfect:/# ls -al /media/usbdisk
ls: cannot access '/media/usbdisk' : No such file or directory
> mountpoint /media/usbdisk
>
root@perfect:/# mountpoint /media/usbdisk
mountpoint: /media/usbdisk : No such file or directory
root@perfect:/#
