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On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:20 PM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I have a FreeAgent(Seagate) usb drive, that shows up as /medea/sdb1 |
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> in Konqueror. I can go thru it via Konqueror and see all of the files |
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> (dll .exe, docs etc) but I cannot cd into the directories and sub |
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> directories and see any files. |
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> The kernel I use (2.6.24-gentoo-r7) has NTFS r/w enabled and fat fs too. |
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> It works fine with most usb/ntfs devices. I also have ivman installed |
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> as well as dbus and hald. |
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> I've googled and folks talk about FreeAgent usb drive not being too |
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> linux friendly. The advise ranges from reformat the drive to patching |
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> the kernel to deal with it "auto-shut-down". |
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> I'd be curious how folks on this list use a free agent usb drive with Gentoo. |
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> If possible, I'd like to keep it with it's windows features and be able |
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> to move it seemlessly between doz and gentoo system, as a general purpose |
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> backup/restore/archive drive. |
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> Ideas and comments are most welcome. |
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> James |
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> gentoo-user@l.g.o mailing list |
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Did you try to patch the kernel with that auto shutdown thingy? Btw, |
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there is a pretty good ext2 driver for windows. Thats how i backed up |
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my last system :) |
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Akseli Ollikainen |
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