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Hello, |
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I recently acquired a Seagate USB external HDD but could not get it |
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to function on my Gentoo Linux. Specifically, the drivers and commands |
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that I used were as follows: |
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modprobe sg |
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modprobe usb-storage |
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mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb |
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At this point, according to the kernel log, the drive was recognized |
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but there were errors in reading and so I could not finally mount |
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the NTFS file system that the drive contained. Fdisk could not |
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recognize the drive. |
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Using a Gentoo Live DVD to boot Linux, the drive was recognized without |
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any read errors. In this case fdisk could recognize the drive. I then |
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attempted to reformat the drive with an ext2 file system but the format |
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failed. |
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After reading bad on-line reviews for this particular Seagate USB HDD, |
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I returned it for a refund. Now I want to try a Western Digital USB HDD |
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but I need to know exactly what drivers and commands can be used to |
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successfully recognize and mount the WD drive. |
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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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As I mentioned, the Gentoo Live DVD was able to recognize the drive. How |
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was this done? |
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Internet searches only provide comments from Ubuntu or Fedora users |
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stating that "I plugged it in and it worked," which are next to useless. |
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I need to know what modules (drivers) and basic commands can get a Western |
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Digital USB external HDD to successfully mount. |
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Frank Peters |