From: Agnello George <agnello.dsouza at gmail.com> >how to access external USB drive in single user mode - plug your USB drive - check the server logs (/var/log/messages) to see the device name (/dev/sdXY) assigned to the detected USB drive - Use/create a mount point: /mnt/ZZZ by example - mount /dev/sdXY /mnt/ZZZ JD