On Oct 16, 2:42 pm, "Robert Citek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 4:29 PM, new_rjmail2006 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On a windows Desktop we can go to a computer store and buy a Hard disk
> > with a USB enclosure and pop it into
> > the desktop and we have a External HDD
>
> > Is this possible also on a Linux system
>
> Yes, at least with most modern distros like Ubuntu.
>
> > and if so what are the steps
>
> Go to a computer store and buy a Hard disk with a USB enclosure and
> pop it into the desktop and you'll have a External HDD
>
> > Do we need to format the drive in a different way or have a driver or
> > mount the partition or drive ????
>
> More likely than not the drive will be pre-formatted for NTFS. If you
> would like to reformat it or repartition it, you can do that with
> gparted: System > Administration > Partition Editor.
>
> Here's a variation on that theme:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/Robert.Citek/USBDrive
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
Thanks for the reply
We use SUSE version 9
So if it just pops up as a drive will it show
up in the command
df -k
mount -l
and also
when I want to disconnect it do I have to run a command like
umount
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