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Hello, |
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I use ivman with usb sticks and move them between windoze |
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and linux systems without issue. I just got a FreeAgent |
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usb 2.0 external disk drive and expected it to work |
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just like a usb stick (not really sure why I had this expectation). |
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It does not show up with a 'df' command, like a usbstick |
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would under /media. I'm not sure why it does not behave like |
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a generic usb stick? |
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Anyway, the only doc I could find is of moderate usage. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/usb-guide.xml |
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The device does not show up but I do get this error message to console: |
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df: `/media/sdb1': Input/output error |
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The kernel supports dos/fat file systems and the what the aforementioned |
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web page suggests for kernel options are included in my kernel. |
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I did manage to mount the device: |
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mkdir /mnt/usb |
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mount /media/sdb1 /mnt/usb |
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and then create and edit a file with vi. |
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What I'm looking for is a simple procedure I can use to set |
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up all my gentoo systems so I can easily move this drive from |
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machine to machine and have access to the files under gentoo |
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and windoz (2k,xp,vista). |
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ideas? |
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James |
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Any documents I missed or suggestions on seamless access are most welcome. |
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James |
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