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Example (https://linuxconfig.org/howto-mount-usb-drive-in-linux#h1-example)
Detecting USB hard drive (https://linuxconfig.org/howto-mount-usb-drive-in-linux#h2-detecting-usb-hard-drive)
Creating mount point (https://linuxconfig.org/howto-mount-usb-drive-in-linux#h3-creating-mount-point)
Edit /etc/fstab (https://linuxconfig.org/howto-mount-usb-drive-in-linux#h4-edit-etc-fstab)

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After you plug in your USB device to your USB port, linux will add new block device into /dev/ directory. At this stage you are not able to use
this device as the USB filesystem needs to be mouted before you are able to retrieve any data. To find out what name your block device file
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