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On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Frank Peters <frank.peters@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> My USB thumb drives can all be successfully recognized with the sg and |
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> usb-storage modules (as shown in the commands above). Is this all I would |
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> need to mount a Western Digital USB HDD or is there some other module that |
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> needs to be loaded? |
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Yes, that should be all you need. Virtually every USB hard drive or |
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USB IDE/SATA adapter work as regular mass storage devices. Nothing |
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special required. Same as a flash drive or generic memory card reader. |
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/Some/ USB hard drives are "intelligent", having software |
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pre-installed on them, a "one touch" backup button, weird immutable |
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partitions that show up as CDROM drives, etc. but the overwhelming |
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majority are just a plain USB mass storage device. If you can find one |
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that lacks special features like buttons or anything, it's probably |
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more likely to work without hassle. |
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