Ubuntu can't see usb drive

[Douglas Pollard]

On 06/05/2011 11:03 AM, Douglas Pollard wrote:
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> On 06/04/2011 01:45 PM, Douglas Pollard wrote:
>> On 06/04/2011 01:23 PM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Douglas 
>>> Pollard<dougpol1 at verizon.net>  wrote:
>>>> Hi All,  In the process of updates, grades, and the installation of 
>>>> a new
>>>> DVD burner. My Ubuntu 11.04 can't see my 2 gig usb drive im not 
>>>> sure when
>>>> this happened. I guess there must be a permission problem but I 
>>>> don't know
>>>> what to do about it.  I ran into this a couple years ago and got 
>>>> help here
>>>> but I can't remember what I did about it.  Anybody got a good link 
>>>> handy for
>>>> help?    I'll be Googleing for help.        Doug
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>>> When you say "can't see", do you mean it doesn't mount it at all?
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>> Been thinking about this, I had changed the boot order in the Bios to 
>> try to boot from a thumb drive. Didn't get it to work so I put the 
>> bios back to original.  The Hard 2 gig drive does not show up in 
>> computer folder at all. I have a couple other usb drives and they 
>> show up.  They open as empty. Not sure but I think there are files on 
>> them. The big drive must not be mounted. As it does not show up any 
>> place except in the bios.                             Doug
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> OK here is what I am getting from a terminal entry
> douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$ sudo blkid -c /dev/null
> [sudo] password for douglasdoug:
> /dev/sda1: UUID="88a2c848-eb4f-43fa-947e-92aa67e09ec7" TYPE="ext4"
> /dev/sda5: UUID="c8cf4480-e22d-43f5-81ca-e7ec1bbd053f" TYPE="swap"
> /dev/sdb1: UUID="14b3e293-a312-4c77-8548-c237d4543c41" SEC_TYPE="ext2" 
> TYPE="ext3"
> /dev/sdh1: UUID="04D2-B038" TYPE="vfat"
> /dev/sdi1: UUID="8A82-72E5" TYPE="vfat"
> douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$
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> AS best I can tell sdh1 and sdi1 are my 150g usb drive and a 250 g usb 
> drive
> I don't see my 2 terabite free agent Seagate drive at all.
> I was calling the 2 terabite drive a 2 gig drive in my last post  old 
> habit I guess.  Does this tell anyone anything about my problem or 
> wher i might go from here??                    Doug
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Would someone please take a look at the above post and see if you can be 
helpful in solving this problem.  I have not been able to open this Usb 
drive and almost all my data is in it. If more info is needed I can try 
to retrieve it.                             Doug