How to Mount an External Hard Disk
- 1). Connect your external hard disk to your Linux computer.
- 2). Open the "Terminal" or "Shell" application on your Linux system from the desktop or system menu.
- 3). Type "su mkdir /mnt/mount_folder" and press "Enter." Type in your root password and press "Enter" again.
- 4). Type "fdisk -l" and press "Enter" then find the name of your hard disk on the list of drives that are shown in the window (such as "/dev/sdb1").
- 5). Mount the drive by typing "mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/mount_folder" and pressing "Enter."
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