USB Hard disk drive.

[Derek]

Hey, anyone who can help me in that one?

How can I force the creation of a disk device when I plug my USB external
HDD?

Thank you.

On 10/5/06, Derek <derekmailbox at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all, i've quite experience in linux servers but i'm doing my first
> steps in linux on desktops. I recently migrate to Ubuntu Dapper on my HP
> laptop.
>
> I've an external hard drive usb unit that only works sometimes, what I
> mean is that usually doesn't work at all but if I keep changing the place
> where I plug it sometimes it gets just mounted and I can use it without any
> problem.
>
> I checked that is detected everytime I plugged it though (no matter if it
> got mounted or not), using "lsusb" command.
>
> My question is: How can I be sure that every time I plug the thing it gets
> mounted or at least, since it is detected by usb bus, how can I force the
> mount operation?
>
> Thank you!
>
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