<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> <pre>here's my latest efforts: corbett@corbett-desktop:~$ fdisk -l corbett@corbett-desktop:~$ corbett@corbett-desktop:~$ corbett@corbett-desktop:~$ corbett@corbett-desktop:~$ corbett@corbett-desktop:~$ ls /dev/sd*? /dev/sda corbett@corbett-desktop:~$ mount /dev/sda mount: can't find /dev/sda in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab </pre> > Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:55:01 +1000 > From: daniel.dalton@iinet.net.au > To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: RE: Maxtor Mini External Hard Drive > > On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Tony Corbett wrote: > > > tried "demesg" and it seems to detect it with various references to usb mass storage device, maxtor, 100000MB ... > > What does fdisk -l say (as root)? > And ls /dev/sd*? > the > > Also if your (I think) kernel prints info about the device just pluged in, > it should tell you where it is located. > eg. /dev/sdb > then you would mount /dev/sdb1 > > -- > Daniel Dalton > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/ > <daniel.dalton@iinet.net.au> > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users <hr />Grab it. <a href='http://mycareer.com.au/?s_cid=596065 ' target='_new'>You dream job is up for grabs.</a></body> </html>