External USD HD detected but can not open it

[Guest]

Hi guys i am new to linux trying to come into the free world out of windows.

So far everything has been fine i have installed kubuntu in my laptop a Gateway m320, and i am fascinated how fine she works with it.

But after testing the 6.1 version everything was up and running then i saw the new kubuntu beta version and came into it rightaway, so far everything is fine except that i cannot access my external USD IDE hard drive box. The machine works fine with all other USB devices, memory sticks, mouse, wireless mouse, except the external hard drive.

The system detects it and try to open it, but does not show anything. I go to /dev/disk/by-label with conkeror and it show the label of the hard drive, but i still can not have access to it. The hard drive is NTFS formatted.

Any ideas
Pls remember i am new to this, Thx.

This is a submission ID of my hardware to kubuntu 35afc7104324718a58094589010a9612

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ajm@ajmkub705:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 4688 37656328+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 4689 4864 1413720 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 4689 4864 1413688+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 9729 78148161 7 HPFS/NTFS

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ajm@ajmkub705:~$ sudo cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=af9d2ff7-8ad9-4fe5-aff9-4de7c463f0d7 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=28944360-6063-4a34-bf07-0bc104af33f1 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

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As you can see my USB drive is not there on shows in the fdisk -l

My HD has not developed any problems, i could use it before the upgrade to kubuntu feisty 7.04 beta, is after i installed it when the no access issue began.

[jgreen6883]

Re: External USD HD detected but can not open it

"The hard drive is NTFS formatted."

For NTFS write support, try http://www.ntfs-3g.org.

Be warned that you might screw up an ntfs volume with this. I've been using it on opensuse for a while with no problems, but your milage may vary.

[Vajk]

Re: External USD HD detected but can not open it

Hey, I'm new to linux too, but I had the same problem as u, at least I think.
I had a ntfs external usb drive for my laptop and I could use it read/write with ntfs-config but after a while
I couldn't mount it. I've found a thread > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=217009
and I used the code : pmount-hal /dev/sdb1
after that > mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /media/YOUR_LABEL_FOR_THE_DRIVE -o force
don't forget to make the directory /media/YOUR_LABEL_FOR_THE_DRIVE
I hope it helped

[enchesss]

Re: External USD HD detected but can not open it

if you go to k menu - system settings - advanced tab - disk and file systems: does your disk show up there?
If not sorry - cant help
if so then go system administrator and enable.
you may have to mount the disk first -
if so then as Vajk says - be shure to mount it in /media so you can see it on media storage.
then teh fun begins with permissions.
if you cant write or copy/ modify then i cant help.
this is where i am stuck.
see other thread about logging in kdesu konqueror and still not being able to change users permissions.

dont have to do any of this with ubuntu edgy though - it just works

[SheeEttin]

Re: External USD HD detected but can not open it

Well, I couldn't quite understand your post, but it looks to me like it's recognized as /dev/sdb1. Only thing you need to do from there is to mount it, by running "sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /media/sdb1". (ntfs-3g also has its own mounting program, try "man ntfs-3g".)
If you don't have ntfs-3g, make sure you get it first. Just run "sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g".