[ltp] Western Digital USB 2.0 Drive

[Joel Ebel]

Yep.  That's it.  Assuming it is vfat.  And you can of course add it to 
your /etc/fstab and have it mount on startup or with a shorter command.

Joel

James McKenzie wrote:
> 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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