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

[Verde Denim]

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 2012/5/31 Verde Denim <tdldev at gmail.com>
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>> Bas
>> if this is a usb external drive,
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> yes, it is!
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>> 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.
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> How exact to act when in root mode:
> # dmesg ?
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Yes. At the command line, type dmesg and look toward the end of the
output... You should see entries like
"new high speed USB device..." with some other entries indicating what
device it is attached to...

And Liam is correct - don't use spaces in the name if you can help it - it
does make some things more difficult...


> Resp. yours,
> BAS.
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>>
>> hth
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>> -- Jack
>>
>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> 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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> Bas G. Roufs MA
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> The Netherlands
>
> E. BasRoufs at gmail.com
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> Mob. +31 6 446 835 10
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