{"id":21695,"date":"2023-09-30T16:29:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T16:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/?p=21695"},"modified":"2023-09-30T16:29:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T16:29:27","slug":"unmount-my-external-hard-drive-in-ubuntu-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/ubuntu\/unmount-my-external-hard-drive-in-ubuntu-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"Unmount My External Hard Drive in Ubuntu Terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ubuntu Terminal has more dominance in managing disks and partitions over the standard GUI. With Ubuntu Terminal, managing the External Hard Drive as well as mounting and unmounting can be carried out easily and more reliably. Mounting a Device means connecting it to the system through any of the USB Controller Ports for file transfer. Similarly, unmounting means disconnecting the Hard Drive from the Ubuntu System.<\/p>\n

This article explains the process of Unmounting External Hard Drives using Ubuntu Terminal.<\/p>\n

Unmount My External Hard Drive in the Ubuntu Terminal<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Unmounting the External Hard Drive from the Ubuntu System can be carried out easily through the Terminal using the \u201cumount\u201d Command. Follow the steps below to Unmount your External Hard Drive in Ubuntu.<\/p>\n

Step 1: Open Unity Terminal<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To start the terminal using the GUI, click on the \u201cShow Applications\u201d icon to open the \u201cShow Applications\u201d menu directly:<\/p>\n

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On the Top of Applications Menu, the \u201cSearch\u201d box will be available. Search for \u201cTerminal\u201d in the search bar. The Terminal Icon will appear:<\/p>\n

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Click on the terminal to Start it:<\/p>\n

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To Open the Terminal using the Shortcut Key, press the default \u201cctrl+alt+T\u201d keys to open it:<\/p>\n

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Step 2: Identify Drive Mount Point<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Insert your External Drive into the system through the USB Port and in the Terminal, use the \u201clsblk\u201d command to list all the Drives on your Ubuntu System:<\/p>\n

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Here you will find your External Hard Driver, in our case the external hard drive name is \u201csdb1\u201d. Your External Drive name will be \u201csd-\u201d, where \u201c-\u201d may either be \u201ca\u201d or \u201cb.<\/p>\n

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Our External Hard Drive has the Mount Point \u201csdb1\u201d.<\/p>\n

Optional Step<\/strong><\/h3>\n

If you are using Ubuntu as your Primary OS on your computer system, your External Hard Drive will be mounted and you can see the External Hard Disk in the list. If your External Hard Disk is not recognized when running your Ubuntu System on a Virtual Machine like VMWare, you need to configure the USB Controller Settings. To configure the USB Controller Settings, in the VMWare, click on the \u201cVM\u201d tab:<\/p>\n

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Click on the \u201cSettings\u201d option from the drop-down:<\/p>\n

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The Settings Menu appears. In the Settings Menu, Click on the \u201cUSB Controller\u201d option:<\/p>\n

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In the USB Controller Settings Menu, the Compatibility is set as \u201cUSB 2.0\u201d by default. The reason why your External Hard Disk is not recognized is because your system or the External Hard Drive has a USB 3.1 Controller.<\/p>\n

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Click on the drop-down icon and select \u201cUSB 3.1\u201d from the drop-down menu:<\/p>\n

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Once selected, click on \u201cOK\u201d to change the settings:<\/p>\n

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Now go back to the terminal and list the Drives using the \u201cfsdlk\u201d command. You will now see your External Hard Drive listed.<\/p>\n

Step 3: Unmount Drive<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The \u201cumount\u201d Command is used to unmount a Drive, having the syntax:<\/p>\n

sudo<\/span> umount<\/span> <<\/span>drive mount<\/span> point><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n

In our case, Mount Point is \u201csdb1\u201d. Ensure you use the \u201c\/dev\/\u201d with your Mount Device Name:<\/p>\n

sudo<\/span> umount<\/span> \/<\/span>dev\/<\/span>sdb1<\/div><\/div>\n

The External Hard Drive will be unmounted once you enter the command:<\/p>\n

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Step 4: Verifying Unmounted External Hard Drive<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Use the \u201cumount\u201d command again to verify whether the External Hard Drive was unmounted or is still mounted:<\/p>\n

sudo<\/span> umount<\/span> \/<\/span>dev\/<\/span>sdb1<\/div><\/div>\n

The Command Line shows the mount point with a \u201cnot mounted\u201d message confirming the drive was unmounted:<\/p>\n

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This is how you can unmount an External Hard Drive in the Ubuntu Terminal.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n

External Hard Drive can be unmounted in the Ubuntu Terminal using the \u201cumount\u201d command. Once unmounted, the \u201cumount\u201d command can also be used again to verify if the drive Mount Point is still Unmounted or Mounted. This article explained the steps required to unmount an External Hard Drive in the Ubuntu Terminal.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The \u201cumount\u201d command is used to Unmount an External Hard Drive in the Ubuntu Terminal and can also be used to check if Drives are Mounted or Unmounted.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":21697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ubuntu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}