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