You obviously read the drive as you get that error message
Please describe exactly what happens including the exact error message
This is to vague to go by
Can't read the external hard drive...
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Re: Can't read the external hard drive...
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Re: Can't read the external hard drive...
And this is a USB disk?
I find this error message in conjunction with shares (samba)
Does it have a line in /etc/fstab ?
Look at /etc/mtab with the disk unconnected and then connected - see if you find any difference
If you know its designation (/dev/sdxx) you could try pmount /dev/sdxx - no sudo
I must say it's strange
It's like something is looking for a folder when you connect - have you disconnected without first unmounting at some time?
This can destroy the file system - I had that happen to a Creative Zen (managed to fix it with a bit of tweaking - I am a geek
)
I find this error message in conjunction with shares (samba)
Does it have a line in /etc/fstab ?
Look at /etc/mtab with the disk unconnected and then connected - see if you find any difference
If you know its designation (/dev/sdxx) you could try pmount /dev/sdxx - no sudo
I must say it's strange
It's like something is looking for a folder when you connect - have you disconnected without first unmounting at some time?
This can destroy the file system - I had that happen to a Creative Zen (managed to fix it with a bit of tweaking - I am a geek
)