automount external hdd

[Karl Auer]

On Sun, 2017-08-20 at 08:34 +0000, thufir wrote:
> I tried to format the disk:

It looks to me as if you have not formatted anything - you've just set
up a partition table.

> thufir at doge:~$ sudo parted /dev/sdb mklabel gpt

I don't think you've (re)defined any partitions either.

Unless there is some reason why you specifically want to use command
line tools, I strongly recommend you use gparted instead.

The usual command line sequence, anyway, is to first check that the
disk is physically recognised - this you have done, you can see the
disk being attached in your logs.

Then use fdisk, parted or similar to put a partition table on the disk,
and define the desired partitions. You seem to have done the first bit
of that, but not the second.

Then finally use mke2fs or similar to format the partition(s).

gparted can do all of the above steps. Just make sure you select the
correct disk when you start it.

Regards, K.

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