[ltp] Western Digital USB 2.0 Drive

[James McKenzie]

Joel and the rest of the list:

What is the mount command?  Something like:

mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/mynewdrive

TTIA.

James McKenzie


Joel Ebel wrote:

> It should just be /dev/sda1 as soon as you plug it in, unless you have 
> any other SCSI or SCSI emulated disks.  hotplug will handle the 
> modules for you.  In case it doesn't, you'll need usbcore, an HCI 
> driver for whatever you have, and usb-storage.  Good luck.  It's 
> fairly simple.
>
> Joel
>
> James McKenzie wrote:
>
>> Listers:
>>
>> I picked up a WDC USB 2.0 external drive and would like to use it as 
>> a backup device.  Anyone have one of these working with RH 8.0 
>> (2.4.20-20.8)?  If so, could you please pass along any tips.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> James McKenzie
>>
>>
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