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On Mon, 7 May 2012 09:34:58 -0400 |
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Frank Peters <frank.peters@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> The Seagate drive has already been returned to the seller. |
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> I am expecting a Western Digital Elements 2TB USB HDD to |
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> arrive in a few days. If this new drive also fails then I |
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> will post more information. |
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I just want to follow up on my previous posts for the sake of |
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anyone who may be interested. |
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The Western Digital Elements 2TB USB HDD arrived and it |
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works with Linux right out of the box. The extra modules |
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needed are sg and usb-storage, assuming that all the usb |
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core stuff is built into the kernel. |
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The drive is pre-formatted with a ntfs filesystem, but using |
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cfdisk I re-partitioned the drive and formatted the new partitions |
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with ext3. Everything works nicely. |
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This WD drive is USB 2.0, whereas the non-functional Seagate was |
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USB 3.0. Whether or not this can explain the problem I cannot |
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say. |
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Thanks again to all who responded. |
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Frank Peters |