Mount a USB drive
The instructions for manually mounting and unmounting an external USB drive are in the sections that follow. To follow these steps, a working knowledge of the Linux™ command line is necessary, and a basic understanding of disk drives and partitions.
By default, Ubuntu™ Desktop automatically mounts an external USB drive when the drive is attached to the machine, similar to Macintosh™ or Windows™ operating systems.
The Ubuntu™ Server, however, does not mount external hard drives automatically, so the ion-usbmount utility is included with the Torrent Suite™ Software, which automatically mounts attached USB drives in the /media directory. If ion-usbmount does not mount a particular USB drive automatically, mount the drive manually.
These instructions only provide an overview of the required steps, and can be a helpful reminder if you are new to the Linux™ operating system. We recommend that a system administrator performs the Linux™ mount and unmount procedures.
For more detailed instructions and background information, see the Ubuntu™ documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount/USB