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

[Bas Roufs]

2012/5/31 Verde Denim <tdldev at gmail.com>

> Bas
> if this is a usb external drive,


yes, it is!


> 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.
>

How exact to act when in root mode:
# dmesg ?
Resp. yours,
BAS.

>
> hth
>
> -- Jack
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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

Van 't Hoffstraat 1

NL-3514 VT Utrecht

The Netherlands

E. BasRoufs at gmail.com

Mob. +31 6 446 835 10

Tel. +31 30 785 40

Open source OS: Kubuntu <http://www.kubuntu.org/> 12.04

Websites in construction:

   - BasRoufs.eu
   - Viaconsensus.nl
   - RainbowGathering.eu
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