External disk not mounted at booting

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Ra
Ra
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When i connect my external hard drive to the computer before or even while booting, it doesn't get mounted and i don't see how to mount it afterwards. I'm sure there's a way to do that via command line, but i wonder why it doesn't work automatically.
In dconf's section org.gnome.desktop.media-handling automount is set.

lembas
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If you have multiple USB ports, try another one. You might have different versions of USB ports, the newer ones deliver more juice. Do any leds on the drive light up? I believe it should auto mount. Or at least become visible in Nautilus (=the file browser).

Ra
Ra
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Sorry, the cable was not 100% plugged into the hard disk! Its LED lit up immediately after plugging it into the computer, though.

islander
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Joined: 05/27/2013

For future reference...
Fstab can be used to mount drives on unix-like systems.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fstab