[SOLVED] how to mount external hdd

[urubambak]

hi!
how could I mount a Toshiba external hard disc drive to my Ubuntu 9.04?
thanks in advance

[yancek]

First create a mount point as root: sudo mkdir /mnt/exthd

Then using the mount command as root, assuming the filesystem is on partition sdb1 and filesystem type is ext3:

sudo mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/exthd

If the partition and filesystem are different from above, you will need to make changes.

[urubambak]

hi, thanks for your help
I have the mkdir: "cannot create directory `/mnt/exthd': File exists" message to the "sudo mkdir /mnt/exthd" command

[urubambak]

Problem solved!
thanks!