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Western Digital USB 2.0 External Drive

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Can somebody tell me why I cant see my files on my Western Digital Drive connected to Ubuntu 10.10? thnx KC

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Boot and logi without the device attached, when the OS settles attach the device then run:

sudo dmesg | tail -n; sudo patrted -l; echo; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

You cannot see the files as the partition is not mounted, simple.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Boot and logi without the device attached, when the OS settles attach the device then run:

sudo dmesg | tail -n; sudo patrted -l; echo; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

You cannot see the files as the partition is not mounted, simple.

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Sean (slynch) said : 		#3

thanks for this, but comes back
tail -n command not found
sudo: patrted: command not found

Was this a typo?

Should the full string be submitted at once?

Many thanks,

KC

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Yes, sorry

try:

sudo dmesg | tail -n 15; sudo patrted -l; echo; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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Sean (slynch) said : 		#5

hi there...

when i put this string in:

sudo dmesg | tail -n 15; sudo patrted -l; echo; lsb_release -a; uname -a

i get an error on the "patreted" portion of the script.

Do you mean PARTED?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

yes parted, sorry

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