Linux Mint 7 cannot read external hdd

[lagagnon]

Yes your external drive is called /dev/sdf and it has one FAT32 partition on it. Can you not see it when you insert the USB cable, then open up the "Computer" icon on the desktop. It should show itself as a Media icon there ????

[ashwinhgtx]

Try connecting it to a Windows computer and using the 'Safely Remove Hardware' option in the system tray to eject it. Then connect it to the Mint install. It should work.

[lagagnon]

Try manually mounting it from the command line:

sudo mkdir /mnt/tmp
sudo mount /dev/sdf1 /mnt/tmp

then use the file browser to navigate to /mnt/tmp

then you unmount when finished with:

sudo umount /mnt/tmp

[lagagnon]

First - did you create /mnt/tmp as I said above? And secondly, run "sudo fdisk -l" to make sure the correct device name is /dev/sdf1 - it may be something else.

[lagagnon]

It should have understood it was a vfat filesystem so try this instead:

sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdf1 /mnt/tmp