Automounting a USB hard disk in Ubuntu server - how?

[Mario Vukelic]

On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 14:36 +0100, Chris G wrote:
> 
> I'm not convinced that things will get automounted (by default) in
> Ubuntu Server, remember there isn't any GUI running.

Google is your friend :) I searched for "mount an external usb disk in
ubuntu server" (without the quotes):


<http://www.google.com/search?q=mount+an+external+usb+disk+in+ubuntu
+server>

First hit: <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=245566>

It seems you need to load module usb-storage. Do so with "sudo modprobe
usb-storage", then plug in the drive and see whether it works. If so,
you can enter "usb-storage" into /etc/modules to make it load on boot.