Mounting external hard drive in Mandriva

[Lauren Ambrose]

Hello,
I have an external hard drive with me and I want is to mount it in my Mandriva operating system. I have tried it, but non of if worked. This is frustrating me now. So, guys if you have a solution for this then please let me know. Thanks in advance.

[Windowed]

Hello,
Normally your external HD should be detected automatically connect like a USB key, at least in mandriva is the case. An icon should appear on your desktop or a window should inform you that a new volume has been up and is ready to be used. Otherwise in the worst case you can mount it by hand via the mount command. For more info look in the top man of this command. The map pages are really helpful when you are using the commands, because there are many options in a single command and sometimes this may be confusing.

[SoftWore]

Hello,
For your rights problem, already requires that we know what your file system (NTFS, FAT, EXT3, etc. ...). Then if you use the NTFS, I recommend using NTFS-3G, which you have rights of reads and writes all files on your disk. If you have a file system FAT or EXT3, we must change the uid in the assembly to pass through the command-o. I do not have all the header orders.

[NetWorkInG]

Hello,
If you are using ext 3, I'll propose a solution, which is certainly not alone, but here is a start for you

- Start by creating your mount point if not already done (eg / mnt / dsk)
- Monte your hard on it: mount / dev / XXX / mnt / dsk
- Change the owner of the mount directory: chown tone: dir / mnt / dsk (with option-R to also change all the files already created on if necessary)
- You can now access your drive and work as you like.

[GlassFish]

Hello,
It is normal that you do not understand, if you start the Linux installation disk can be quite confusing.

Repeating the steps MasterPremium:
- you open a console superuser (root)
- you create a mount point, this is where you go up later your disk.

      mkdir / mnt / disk

- Now you'll get your disk:

 mount / dev / XXX / mnt / disk

- Then if your legal problem persists, make a:

      chown-R utilizer: ton_groupe / mnt / disk

After that you can access your disk with the command cd or simply double-clicking the icon on your hard drive.

[cyber-noob]

Hello,
By default the system mount partitions in / media, such as that in Gnome you can directly see your disk appear on the desktop. By cons when you raise yourself a device you can mount it in either / mnt or / media, you have the choice. I've tested both and it works. I think there is still a difference but I have no personal idea.