Things I did on Ubuntu

mount /usbflash
sudo fdisk
sudo  mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/external -o

df -h
ls -usb
sudo fdisk -l
mount
mount  usbflash


cp -r elemental .* /var/www

http://superuser.com/questions/215514/in-ubuntu-how-to-copy-all-contents-of-a-folder-to-another-folder


https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount/USB

sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /media/usbdrive/ -o force

sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/usbdrive/