* Ash Joubert <a...@transient.nz> [24-10/04=Fri 16:38 +1300]: > On 2024-10-04 16:26, Will Mengarini wrote: >> The old HDD is mostly ext3; there was also an >> ext2 boot partition, and a swap partition. But >> the new Debian shows nothing new in `df`. Is >> there some other command I should use to probe for >> whether Debian knows there's a HDD connected by USB? > > "df" will ignore filesystems until they are mounted.
*headsmack* Thanks. > - Do you see anything in "blkid" when the USB enclosure is attached? Nothing changes. > - Do you see anything in "journalctl -f" when you plug in the USB enclosure? No output when I unplug it and replug it. > - Do you have a desktop file manager (e.g. Thunar in XFCE) [...] No desktop; I haven't installed X yet.
