i've been using freebsd for a few days now. and i'm still completely new to anything besides windows. i need to know how to mount my external harddrive. my cd was as easy as: mount /dev/acd0
if there is any info i need to help u assist me please tell me what to do.
the only thing i know is my external is detected at startup.
if i do usbdevs:
usbdevs
addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA
addr 2: Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM), Microsoft
addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA
addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA
addr 2: Logitech RumblePad 2 USB, Logitech
addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA
addr 2: USB Reader, vendor 0x058f
addr 1: EHCI root hub, VIA
addr 2: product 0x0303, ADS Technologies lnc.

there i believe it shows i have my mouse, gamepad, and external with a few other things. is there some command i could type to show the name of the external i need to mount? when the external was turned on it showed da0 so i thought mount /dev/da0 would work. i really don't know what i'm doing so please help.

I've pondered this same issue last weekend with no solution.

Try to mount "/dev/da0s1a"

What filesystem is on the external drive?

If it is Fat you can do
If it is ext2/3 substitute msdosfs for ext2fs.

what if the external is NTFS?

mount_ntfs /dev/da0 /mnt
says: mount_ntfs: /dev/da0: Device not configured
how can i fix this?

my dmesg says;
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
umass1: ADS Technologies Inc. USBX-303, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 2
da4 at umass-sim1 bus 1 target 0 lun 0
da4: <ST312021 3A 0000> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-0 device
da4: 40.000MB/s transfers
da4: 114473MB (234441648 512 byte sectors: 255H 638/T 14593C

so what am i supposed to type to get my external harddrive working?

nevermind...... i got this fixed.
i now feel stupid about asking this question after realizing how easy it was.