[TriLUG] USB portable hard drive

[sholton at mindspring.com]

1) Choose a file system for the hard disk which is supported under the
 kernel you're running. If it works under Windows, you're probably okay,
but I've heard the native file systems under XP can be a problem...

2) Use the info from /proc/scsi to determine where the device 'landed'
when you plugged it in.

Take a look at:
   http://www.universalsmartdrive.net/standard/manual.htm#5-3

for generic info.

3) Use the "auto" option in /etc/fstab for automatic mounting.
4) Use the "user" option to allow the files to be accessed by someone other
than root.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Leathers <ryan.leathers at globalknowledge.com>
Sent: Jan 14, 2004 9:36 AM
To: trilug at trilug.org
Subject: [TriLUG] USB portable hard drive

I have a USB portable hard drive (WD400B005-RNN) that is plugged into a
W2K machine.  I'd like to take this drive to another location and plug
it into a machine running RHEL-AS 2.1

Any tips tricks or troubles I should know about before I give this a go?

-- 
Ryan Leathers <ryan.leathers at globalknowledge.com>
Global Knowledge


-- 
Steve Holton
sholton at mindspring.com