How to set up external usb HD?

[localhero]

besides an external monitor) I use external HDs to to store back up and media files. at Disk & Filesystems I can see them but cant "reach" or "activate" them, click on the "administrator mode" doesnt make any difference, what am I do wrong?) hlp pls! thnx!

[whoiam55]

can you post the output of cat /etc/fstab file?

[localhero]

I culdnt find /etc/fstab, I navigated with the "find files & folders" but in etc I havent seen anything like fstab... that could be the problemo?

[whoiam55]

click on Kmenu > click on RUN > type konsole then press enter > type cat /etc/fstab

[localhero]

thnx for your quick help. thats what Ive got:

localhero@localhero:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro,atime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid,nouser 0 1
/dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdb /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
localhero@localhero:~$

[whoiam55]

I can't see any entry for your USB disk, sorry for asking again can you post the output of sudo fdisk -l.

[localhero]

here it is:

localhero@localhero:~$ sudo fdisk -l.
Password:
fdisk: invalid option -- .

Usage: fdisk [-b SSZ] [-u] DISK Change partition table
fdisk -l [-b SSZ] [-u] DISK List partition table(s)
fdisk -s PARTITION Give partition size(s) in blocks
fdisk -v Give fdisk version
Here DISK is something like /dev/hdb or /dev/sda
and PARTITION is something like /dev/hda7
-u: give Start and End in sector (instead of cylinder) units
-b 2048: (for certain MO disks) use 2048-byte sectors
localhero@localhero:~$

thnx

[whoiam55]

erm... you specified a wrong option to fdisk. it's not i (I) it's l (L)