I connected an old external USB harddisk to my Ubuntu machine and found that it was not auto-mounting (sometimes these old USBs dont auto-mount). So, I had to mount it manually. Here are the steps I followed:
Step 1: Before plugging in the USB harddisk, check the available partitions on your system.
01 | vinay@forest:~$ sudo fdisk -l |
03 | Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes |
04 | 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders |
05 | Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes |
06 | Disk identifier: 0x00000080 |
11 | /dev/sda5 82 Linux swap / Solaris |
13 | Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes |
14 | 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders |
15 | Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes |
16 | Disk identifier: 0x00003588 |
19 | /dev/sdb1 fd Linux raid autodetect |
You can see that there are two partitions:
/dev/sda (line number 3) and
/dev/sdb (line number 13)
Step 2: Now plug in the USB harddisk and see which new partition shows up.
01 | vinay@forest:~$ sudo fdisk -l |
03 | Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes |
04 | 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders |
05 | Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes |
06 | Disk identifier: 0x00000080 |
11 | /dev/sda5 82 Linux swap / Solaris |
13 | Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes |
14 | 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders |
15 | Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes |
16 | Disk identifier: 0x00003588 |
19 | /dev/sdb1 fd Linux raid autodetect |
21 | Disk /dev/sdc: 999.5 GB, 999501594624 bytes |
22 | 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121515 cylinders |
23 | Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes |
24 | Disk identifier: 0x0002ae3f |
You can see that:
1.
/dev/sdc (line number 21) has now shown up. This is the USB harddisk partition.
2.
/dev/sdc/ has
HPFS/NTFS mentioned in the
System column.
Step 3: Now that you know your USB harddisk partition (
/dev/sdc in this case) and its type (
HPFS/NTFS in this case), go ahead and mount it.
1 | vinay@forest:~$ sudo mkdir /mnt/usbdrive |
2 | vinay@forest:~$ sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usbdrive/ |
Thats it. You can now access your files from
/mnt/usbdrive
To unmount:
1 | vinay@forest:~$ sudo umount /mnt/usbdrive |
vinay at forest >\?
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