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