EXTERNAL HARD DISK NOT RECONISED

ltorvalds
11 years ago | edited 11 years ago

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Hey people,
my seagates external portable hard disk is not recoGnised(not show in Places) when i boot Backtrack 5 on my laptop, while this does not happens when i boot ubuntu or fedora or Windows 8.
please help me i want to install backtrack 5 on external hard disk !
thanks
NOTE: USB FLASH DRIVE IS RECOGNISED

[deleted user]
11 years ago

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Hey ltorvalds,

Nice nick.

Okay when you boot Backtrack 5 have you checked in Disks if the Drive is showing up there. Can you provide the complete name of the External drive.

ltorvalds
11 years ago

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@tlotr
thanks…
the name of my external hard disk : Seagate Expansion Falcun 500 GB External Hard Disk STBX500300
see my internal hard disk is shown but not the external disk or usb flash drive… !

[deleted user]
11 years ago

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Hi ltorvalds,

Would you be able to provide the name of the motherboard and processor that you are using and whether you are trying 32 bit of 64 bit Backtrack.

[deleted user]
11 years ago

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Hi ltorvalds,

Also let me know the partition file format that is being used (eg: FAT, NTFS, etc).

[deleted user]
11 years ago

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ltorvalds,

Also please mention which desktop environment you are using gnome or kde.

[deleted user]
11 years ago | edited 11 years ago

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Also try this command in terminal / konsole depending on the desktop environment being used and paste the output on this thread.

fdisk -l

[deleted user]
11 years ago

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http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/03/12/install-backtrack-5-revolution-2-on-external-hard-drive/

wassimo
11 years ago

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[youtube][/youtube]

ltorvalds
11 years ago | edited 11 years ago

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@tlotr ,
thanks dude i appreciate your interest to help me, but i dont think that all things you asked in your questions matters…
anyway ill provide the details :
64bit computer,
mother board i dont know
intel i5 2450m 2nd generation,
desktop- gnome
filesystem-ntfs

i think it is the problem from default settings that are started with backtrack.
and thanks for the link !

[deleted user]
11 years ago

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Hi ltorvalds,

I have used BT 5 R3 and never had any issues with flash drives and External drives not getting recognized in it. Let me know if this problem is now resolved for you and if it is what steps you had taken to get it resolved.

ltorvalds
11 years ago

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@tlotr
USB flash drive is recognised !