How to get an extermnal drive work under Knoppix 4.0

[japijo]

I boot my laptop with Knoppix 4.0.
Then I want to move data from my laptop HD to my external HD that is connected to an USB-port.
However the external HD is not recognized by Knoppix.
The USB are detected at start-up of Knoppix.

How can I get this done, what have I to do to transfer files from one to the other HD.

[rwcitek]

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However the external HD is not recognized by Knoppix.

With the external HD un-plugged from the USB post, open a root shell and type the following:

dmesg -c >& /dev/null

To open a root shell, click on "K > KNOPPIX > Root shell"

Next, plug in the external HD into the USB port and type these commands:

( set -x
cat /etc/knoppix-version
dmesg
cat /proc/partitions
cat /etc/fstab
) >& post.txt

Please post the contents of post.txt

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- Robert
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