[SOLVED] cannot mount hard drive

[gregorio-magno]

I believe that the mount point is /media/disk1, although I'm not totally sure, I'm still really new at this. Thanks for all your help.

[dstew]

First, check to see if the mount point directory is there. If not, create it:

sudo mkdir /media/disk1

Then, mount your partition to it:

sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sda5 /media/disk1

[gregorio-magno]

Thanks so much, it finally worked. Will I have to do that every time though or is there a way to mount it permanently there?

[bumanie]

If it is formated to ntfs, go to synaptic and install ntfs-3g and ntfs config. Log out and back in. Then go to Applications --> Accessories --> System Tools and you can set up the drive to be auto-mounted by following the instructions and it will then be added to /etc/fstab automatically.