Further googling for help, I ran across a post which related to a problem similar to mine, and it stated that a patch was required in /etc/modules adding usb_storage to be able to mount an external drive. Checking my /etc/modules I found it to contain loop and lp, but no usb_storage. Thinking perhaps this was what was missing from previous installs of Ubuntu which worked properly, I contacted a friend who was still running Ubuntu 7.04 and also used external USB drives. Looking at his copy of /etc/modules, he found it to contain fuse and lp, but not usb_storage. Just for kicks, I added usb_storage to one of my computers /etc/modules and found I could then mount one of my external drives. I added it to my other computers and found I could then mount the drive on each of them. I don't consider this a fix, but simply a get around, as it should be unnecessary to require users to modify a system file for something as common as mounting an external drive. I have yet to try formatting another drive with ext3 and see if it will then mount externally, but I know of another friend who has an external drive formatted with ext3 and will first contact him to ask what the content of /etc/modules is on his system first. AFAIK, this is most definitely an Ubuntu 9.04 bug which should be remedied quickly and correctly. I am still uncertain if this is the correct way external drives should be mounted, although it appears to work, and since ubuntu 7.04 lacked this, I'm worried that other problems may arise from this change.
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