Power Outage, USB drive not mounting

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 08/01/2011 02:42 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> OK.  I had this problem back in December and thought I had it all worked
> out.

A cold boot with the drive disconnected did the trick.  Now why that was 
needed...

> So today I had my first power outage that exceeded my UPS and now I
> can't get the external USB drive mounted.
>
> Here is the info:
>
> Server is FC12
> USB drive is EXT4 and labeled 2GHJTCB4
>
> It mounts just fine on my notebook running FC14.
>
> I disconnected the drive and rebooted the FC12 server.  I VNCed in as a
> user to get the Gnome magic mounting running.  I powered up the drive,
> then plugged it in.
>
> Nothing.  It is not showing in either /media or via Palimpsest Disk Utility
>
> I've GOT to get this thing mounted before my wife needs her files on the
> drive....
>
> help please (pathetic cry of husband waiting for wife to find out what
> else is not right after the neighborhood-wide outage)....
>
>