mounting HD with ubuntu 10

he first user you created will have a password set. You can change it using:

passwd

and setting yuor password as you wish. You can use:

sudo -i

to get a "root terminal" but you should use this sparingly as you can damage things if you misuse the terminal and type destructive commands.

When you connect the drive, can you then give the output of:

dmesg | tail -n 20

Thanks

thanks actionparship

not sure if this is what you want.

I tried mounting the HD after sudo -i but I still get the box - Authentication required.

william@william-desktop:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for william:
root@william-desktop:~#
root@william-desktop:~# dmesg | tail -n 20
[ 36.348079] domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
[ 36.348081] groups: 1 0
[ 36.348084] domain 1: span 0-1 level CPU
[ 36.348086] groups: 0-1 (__cpu_power = 2048)
[ 37.177025] [drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map
[ 37.177643] [drm] Loading R500 Microcode
[ 37.177869] [drm] Num pipes: 1
[ 37.177878] [drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs
[ 38.394133] __ratelimit: 98 callbacks suppressed
[ 38.987370] CPU0 attaching NULL sched-domain.
[ 38.987376] CPU1 attaching NULL sched-domain.
[ 39.000572] CPU0 attaching sched-domain:
[ 39.000577] domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
[ 39.000579] groups: 0 1
[ 39.000585] CPU1 attaching sched-domain:
[ 39.000587] domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
[ 39.000589] groups: 1 0
[ 43.514672] __ratelimit: 126 callbacks suppressed
[ 44.268009] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 97.000523] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -307999886 ns)
root@william-desktop:~#

Can you give the output of:

sudo fdisk -l ; mount

Thanks

william@william-desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l ; mount
[sudo] password for william:

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0002fe66

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 13 38914 312466432 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd818d818

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 4997 40138371 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdc: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xce62ce62

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 1 4787 38451546 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2 4788 4998 1694857+ 5 Extended
/dev/sdc5 4788 4998 1694826 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdc1 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/william/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=william)
william@william-desktop:~$ ^C
william@william-desktop:~$

thanks actionparsnip

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.