On Wed 18 Dec 2013 at 11:34:02 +0000, steef wrote: > this is what i get. so wheezy seems to see it but is up till now not > able to mount it. i will try by adding /dev/sdd to /etc/fstab and > /mnt and than see what happens. If mount or pmount fails I do not see how automating the process is likely to succeed. You will have tried different USB ports of course but could also consider a kernel from wheezy-backports.