I believe that if you simply add it to your /etc/fstab and make sure that "Mount removable drives when hot-plugged "is selected in the Removable Storage preference panel you should be all set. take a look here --- <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-16427.html">http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-16427.html</a> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 4:24 AM, Bas Roufs <<a href="mailto:basroufs@gmail.com">basroufs@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Dear everybody It is a good moment to briefly summarise everything. In Kubuntu 8.10, the external HD is still not being mounted - even not after several attempts via two computers and at least 4 USB ports, from which I know they work properly with other USB devices. On the other hand, the presence of the HD is being mentioned elsewhere in Kubuntu, when it is plugged in: in some log files as well as in 'Mount Manager', which says that the mount point is 'unknown'. Moreover, I can normally and properly access both the FAT32 and the NTFS partitions of the device via the Windows partition of the desktop PC and via an Apple (Mc. OS) computer. Now, 2 questions pop up in me. Is there any terminal test which can reveal the presence of any device at any USB port? Is it worth trying to reformat the external HD after backing up the data on it elsewhere? If so, how exactly? Respectfully yours, Bas. -- =============== Viaconsensus Bas G. Roufs M.A. Van 't Hoffstraat 1 NL-3514 VT Utrecht M. +31.6.446.835.10 T. +31.30.785.20.40 <a href="mailto:BasRoufs@gmail.com">BasRoufs@gmail.com</a> =============== -- kubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Rodney Dangerfield - "My marriage is on the rocks again, yeah, my wife just broke up with her boyfriend."