installing on an external hd (solved)

[Svidrigailov]

Hi, I've just bought an external hd because my original hd didn't have enough space for linux. The problem here is that I can't get it recognized by fdisk to create the linux partitions, and I don't know if it is loaded by the kernel of the live cd... My hd is connected through and external pcmcia hub with an usb 2 port. I think that maybe this is just a question of drivers, so I' wondering on how to load them (by the way, I'm quite new to linux but I need to get familiar with it before my university session). If anybody as already done something alike or has an idea on how to get this thing working, any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Vincent.

[detz]

Check dmesg and see if you drive shows up there and if it has a driver letter. I use an external usb drive and I can just plug it in, mount and, and browse it like a normal drive.

I just plugged my usb stick in and get

[Svidrigailov]

thanks a lot, I didn't even had to mount my disc... it's the sda extension that i didn't know about; I tried some but... anyway, thanks again.