Detecting external e-Sata hard drive Ubuntu 9.10 without reboot

[d1sturbanc3]

I have an external e-sata hard drive that when I plug is does not show under /dev or fdisk -l. I always have to reboot my unbuntu box for it to detect and mount the thing.

How do I manually detect it manually and mount it?

Thank you!

edit: oops. I can't type. err the title should read without reboot. The hard drive works great after a reboot.

[aidendeem@gmail.com]

I also have this problem in Ubuntu - maybe change prefix from Kubuntu to Ubuntu?