Is it possible to mount an external HD via a command line?

[Verde Denim]

Bas
if this is a usb external drive, when you plug it in there should be some
entries in dmesg that show the device it picked up. If you create a dir
under /media for it (i.e. /media/usb) and then mount the device named in
dmesg to that directory, it should now be able to be accessed.

hth

-- Jack

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everybody
>
> Yesterday I removed some packages via the package manager at one of my
> laptops. Probably I also removed one ore a few essential ones - because of
> that mistake, I do not manage any 'smore to manage to access the system  -
> Kubuntu 12.04 LTS- via the KDE Gui. I do not manage to repair or rescue it
> via the Kubuntu 12.04 installation DVD. No big problem: I am happy to  a
> carry out a fresh install - I have nearly all the data at other hard disks
> and at another laptop. But before doing so, I need to copy a few very
> essential "profile" files from Mozilla Firefox - with my bookmarks,
> passwords, hystory, etc. Because of another mistake I made today, they are
> not available any more at the "sync" server from Mozilla. So I absolutely
> need to recover those profile files. I do manage to exactly locate them -
> because I can still access the system via a so-called "console login".
> After doing so, I start "Midnight Commander" in root mode, after which I
> find the files in question in the directory /home/.mozilla/firefox. I try
> to copy them to /media/Bas Roufs, an external HD in ext.4 - however, it
> does not work - apparently the HD needs still to be mounted. Can you
> recommend me any command line option via which I can manually mount the
> external HD without the GUI?
>
> Thanks for replying. Now I go to a concert - tomorrow morning will be my
> first possibility to check my mail for possible answers.
>
> Respectfully yours,
> Bas Roufs..
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