Re: [SLUG] External USB Hard Drive Case + HDD

2004-03-26 Thread Gerard Blacklock
yeah got it working fine - way too easy! just mounted the respective FS (1 fat32 and 1 ext3) from /dev/sda1 and dev/sda2 ...all after a bit of reformatting tho! The USB hardrive case is USB2.0, however i do not have USB2.0 on any boxes :( but it appears it is backwards compatible with USB1 ) H

Re: [SLUG] External USB Hard Drive Case + HDD

2004-03-26 Thread Patrick Lesslie
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 07:53:24AM +1100, David Kempe wrote: > Gerard Blacklock wrote: > >Anyone had any luck in getting an external USB hard drive to work under > >linux? I have had the USB keys working fine by mounting as FAT no probs, > > > >Any pointers on where to look regarding this issue? n

Re: [SLUG] External USB Hard Drive Case + HDD

2004-03-25 Thread Peter Hardy
On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 23:18, Gerard Blacklock wrote: > Anyone had any luck in getting an external USB hard drive to work under > linux? I have had the USB keys working fine by mounting as FAT no probs, If your drive is supported, then getting it going is about as easy as using a USB key. > Any p

Re: [SLUG] External USB Hard Drive Case + HDD

2004-03-25 Thread Dave Kempe
Michael Fox wrote: Is firewire storage devices just as easy? My drive is a combo usb2/firewire400 case, but I don't use the usb2 side of it since usb2 is so slow and uses up endless cpu cycles. I just haven't got around to trying it out on linux machine. Guess I probably should attempt it. yep fir

Re: [SLUG] External USB Hard Drive Case + HDD

2004-03-25 Thread Michael Fox
> I've got a Lacie 120GB USB2 external HDD. There wasn't much required to > get it going. I already had USB2 working and also USB-storage, basically > I just plugged it in, looked in /proc/scsi and it was there as /dev/scd2 > from memory (as I already had two ide cd-r's in the box as scd1 and 2). >

Re: [SLUG] External USB Hard Drive Case + HDD

2004-03-25 Thread Brett Fenton
I've got a Lacie 120GB USB2 external HDD. There wasn't much required to get it going. I already had USB2 working and also USB-storage, basically I just plugged it in, looked in /proc/scsi and it was there as /dev/scd2 from memory (as I already had two ide cd-r's in the box as scd1 and 2). From

Re: [SLUG] External USB Hard Drive Case + HDD

2004-03-25 Thread David Kempe
Gerard Blacklock wrote: Slug, Anyone had any luck in getting an external USB hard drive to work under linux? I have had the USB keys working fine by mounting as FAT no probs, Any pointers on where to look regarding this issue? not 100% sure where to start! gerard is it usb2? you need a rece

[SLUG] External USB Hard Drive Case + HDD

2004-03-25 Thread Gerard Blacklock
Slug, Anyone had any luck in getting an external USB hard drive to work under linux? I have had the USB keys working fine by mounting as FAT no probs, Any pointers on where to look regarding this issue? not 100% sure where to start! gerard -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - ht