Ubuntu can't see usb drive

[chris]

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> >      By the way there is a 150 or 160 gig drive not sure which it is 
> > that is USB.   Aha! It was turned off it is now on and shows up in 
> > places and in disk utility.  I am going to plug the 2TB file into my 
> > wifes netbook and see if can be seen it in PLACES.              Doug
> >
> My wife's netbook with Ubuntu 10.04 for netbooks can't see the drive in 
> PLACES. The disk utility can see it in both machines.   Since this is a 
> vfat drive do you think windows xp can see it? 
>                                             Doug
> 

It sounds suspiciously like an occasional issue I have when a usb drive
has been unsafely removed from a windows system.  It won't mount in my
Ubuntu system unless I have remounted it in windows and removed it
safely.

Just my 2'c worth
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Cheers the Kiwi