On Saturday 28 August 2004 10:56, John Wilson wrote: > On August 28, 2004 05:46 am, et wrote: > > On Saturday 28 August 2004 00:38, John Wilson wrote: > > > On August 27, 2004 08:17 pm, Marc wrote: > > > > I just tried to use a USB external drive in ML 10.0 My hopes were > > > > that ML would detect it and add a icon to my desktop like my card > > > > reader did. I was wrong, it was not that simple. Anyone have any > > > > ideas about how to get a External HDD workinh in ML 10.0? > > > > > > > > TIA > > > > Marc > > > > > > Hi Marc > > > > > > My copy of MDK 10 found the drive and added it like a charm. I know > > > that doesn't help a lot but it does show that it can be done. > > > > > > For the record it's an 80 Gig Western Digital drive formated with fat, > > > at least for now. :-) > > > > > > ttfn > > > > > > John > > > > run as root, harddrake2? > > Come to think of it, yes. I'd actually installed it under XP to back up > the last of the data on the XP partition before wiping it out completely. > On reboot into Linux it was found during the check for new hardware routine > by harddrake. > > I suspect Marc could do the same thing with MCC. > > ttfn > > John only if the hardrake service was set to run on boot, but he could just fire up a console, su to root and type harddrake2, hit enter and go from there -- linux counter #167806
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