USB external disk drive compatibility

[Mike Hanby]

It should work fine, however it will likely be pre-formatted as either
FAT32 or NTFS.

After you plug it in, run these commands:

# lsusb

should display a description of the new drive connected to the USB bus.

# dmesg | tail

should tell you which device file it's using (i.e. /dev/sdb)

and

# tail /var/log/messages

-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Gaddis, Jeremy L.
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 08:46
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: USB external disk drive compatibility

On 7/30/07, Wartnick, James <James.Wartnick at bestbuy.com> wrote:
> I have a laptop with RH Enterprise 5 and am looking at getting a
> portable USB external disk drive. I was
> Looking at the Western Digital Passport but am unsure if it is
> supported. I didn't see Linux drivers on their
> Web-site. Anyone know if it's supported?

Yes, it should work fine.

-- 
Jeremy L. Gaddis
http://www.jeremygaddis.com/

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