[13:34] <studio-user525> help
[13:35] <studio-user525> Why do drives not show up?
[14:15] <oerheks> studio-user525, depends with what hardware, and what ubuntu version. as of 16.04 there is no fglrx any more
[14:38] <studio-user525> Thank you for that, but what about minimum RAM?  Must it use 64bit and at least x GB of RAM?
[14:39] <oerheks> 2 Gb will do, more ram is more fun.
[14:43] <studio-user525> Wow, that's fantastic.  FYI, I have a Sony Vaio VGC RA834G -- it has all the bells and whistle studio would love, it's just the Card Reader and the other SATA HD only shows up in File Manager, not in the Devices List.
[14:45] <studio-user525> I should add, I downloaded the Drivers from the Sony Support Site, but they are ".exe"  Is there another way to update drivers?
[14:46] <oerheks> studio-user525, not sure about this, did you check with a SDcard inserted?
[15:26] <studio-user525> Sorry, for the delay.  Checked different SD cards and even FlashCards and the same thing...  Nada...
[16:36] <OvenWerks> studio-user525: If it shows up in the file browser and you can see it's contents... then it is there. What devices list are you talking about? (my answer may be a while as I am on my way out the door.
[17:15] <studio-user525> Sorry for any confusion, but using Ubuntu Studio, 32bit, with 2.8 GB Ram, I have a SATA Hard Drive added to the "C" Drive (SATA 0), via SATA 1 and it was there and was utilized numerous times.  Then, it only shows up when I use a GSmartControl.  Not at all in "Devices" panel.
[17:37] <OvenWerks> studio-user525: no such thing as a "C" drive. Unix, Linux, Osx all mount the drive as part of the file system. The file manager should show you were the device is mounted. (generally /media/$USER/partition_id_or_name)
[17:38] <OvenWerks> studio-user525: dos is the only system that has the idea of keeping all devices separately... and windows is built on dos.
[17:40] <OvenWerks> studio-user525: this begs the question of why you feel the need to address this as a device. Are you trying to access it from the commandline?
[18:11] <OvenWerks> studio-user525: if you must have the actual device for formating it, gparted is a good tool for such things as repartitioning/formating. in the end, if you must know the device name, run dmesg right after plugging it in. The last few lines will have something like: [  972.752907]  sdb: sdb1
[18:12] <OvenWerks> studio-user525: this means the device is /dev/sdb and it has one partition on it /dev/sdb1
[18:15] <OvenWerks> studio-user525: A device that use logical partitions will show like: [    1.791379]  sda: sda1 < sda5 sda6 > with the logical partitions in <>.
[20:57] <studio-user725> hi
[20:58] <studio-user725> somebody?