Re: External Hard Drive Advice Needed

On 2007-09-11 12:11:47 -0500, Adam <ascinto@xxxxxxxxx> said:

On Sep 10, 6:13 pm, Jolly Roger <wbyyleb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2007-09-10 15:44:24 -0500, J.J. O'Shea <try.not...@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:07:29 -0400, Al wrote
(in article <no.spam-08CDCD.16062810092...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

OK guys, thanks for the advice. I have more questions.

What does the external drive like like to the OSs? Does it look like HD4
or something of that nature in Linux, and D: in Windoze, or what in Mac
OS?

Like an extra hard drive. In OS X or Linux, it's another volume. In Windows,
it's a new drive letter. Note that if you're running a server version of
Windows, especially Server 2003, you'll have to explicitly tell the system
that the drive exists or the system will ignore the drive.

Yes, and with any other Unix-based operating system such as Linux, it
depends on where you or the system mounts the drive.

But... I just tried this using Ubuntu ( x86, latest version ), and in
order to see the external usb drive I had to manually run the 'mount'
command. The external box I'm using is a cheap $30 external USB/
Firewire 3.5" case - shows up as a PI-035 in System Profiler on OS X.
Basically, I had to create a folder in my Ubuntu homedir, mounted the
external drive to that folder, and then I could browse the drive by
going to that folder in my home dir. It's not a big deal, but one
extra step you may have to do in Linux to 'see' the drive and your
data.

Yep - just like I said. Cheers.

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