Udf external disk not recognized: how to mount?

SL recognizes and auto mounts my udf CD just fine.
But it doesn't recognize my external usb udf disk.
How do I mount it?
Thanks!
udf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UniversalDiskFormat

Try 'man mount_ufs' in the Terminal.

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