Mounting An External Hd

Hey, how would I mount an external HD on 11.0 b3? I went to mnt and media but I couldn't find it there. When I type lsusb here is what I get:

Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bc2:0502 Seagate RSS LLC
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c041 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc. AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

I want to mount the Seagate drive.

As a first step, do fdisk -l (as root) to see what devices are present.

Here is the output:

linux:/home/adaykin # fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000e5cc8

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 196 1572864 27 Unknown
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 196 20273 161267712 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 24190 24322 1060864 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 * 20274 24189 31455270 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 20274 20535 2104483+ 82 Linux swap/ Solaris
/dev/sda6 20536 22026 11976426 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 22027 24189 17374266 83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x29571470

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 30401 244196001 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

Of course, you can mount the device temporarily with something like

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/disk (where /mnt/disk directory must exist first).

Second example

mount -t vfat -o uid=joe ,gid=users /dev/sdb1 /home/joe/disk (where joe is user account)

However, I'm guessing you are wondering why the device is not automounting, and being a beta release, I'm not sure I can offer you a solution. Some things to check:

1) Check policykit privileges configuration.

2) You can also do lshal -m from root console, plug in the device, and see what gets reported.

In any case, this may well be fixed by the time it becomes RC.

I tried doing your first example, but it said that I must specify a filesystem type first.

mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/disk

Nice how to here. It is for Gentoo, but CLI info still applies.

Ok I tried that, and it said:
"mount: special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist"
How would I find the name of the device? I don't think the output from fdisk -l contained it.

It was the name of the device when you last posted 'fdisk -l' output. Plug the device in again, and run command again. Then mount appropriate device. A reminder that you also need to make sure the desired mount point exists first. If you need to you can do 'sudo mkdir /mnt/disk' to create it.

Thanks! Got it working now.