__/ [ Dave {Reply Address in.Sig} ] on Wednesday 08 March 2006 06:50 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> I am using SuSE 9.3 and I intend to buy an external USB hard-drive later
>> this
>> morning. Will it be a simple case of plug-and-play? As in plug hard-drive
>> and an icon will show up in the Desktop?
>
> By default it will probably recognise the drive. If the worst happens,
> go look at /var/log/messages (as root) and see what it installed as,
> then mount it manually. I've never tride 9.3 but I know that more recent
> distros tend to manage to automount removeable media more readily.
>
>> Am I overly optimistic? Should I
>> hold the salesmen by the tongue?
>>
> Always a good policy :-)
Thanks, Dave. In the interim, I also found:
http://www.thelinuxpimp.com/main/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=561
It is almost 2 years old, so I assume/hope distributions and kernel have
progressed. The issue of partitioning and/or formatting did not escape my
mind, but I just hope that editing /etc/fstab is not a part of the deal.
I'll give it a go and visit the local Maplins in a couple of hours. I just
hope they stock these.
Many thanks,
Roy
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