From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SRBPw-0003N2-Pe for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 07 May 2012 00:03:09 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 674B7E05A4 for ; Mon, 7 May 2012 00:03:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-f181.google.com (mail-lb0-f181.google.com [209.85.217.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27D4BE0639 for ; Sun, 6 May 2012 23:46:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbbgk8 with SMTP id gk8so3482221lbb.40 for ; Sun, 06 May 2012 16:46:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=hFaGi0YkAu9plH9VPDIE9oSTnqwEPoummI+UAwT72cE=; b=m08Hi9e+XWI11CoEhe3NqnaeJnVKy/1tXFTkvgQOtI2wHr2cK+idhWnsrfOYovbcfJ S9rLMq415AGLco3MIbh1bNZuSFKPgrafNI7vqLwgVsqG/vhGl33D/Mlw4mVAhM/8m9zO maMYAQffRvq8n20unCtdyJOPdh/jIfYpPNxx4KsnshXdriJ3Mcn8eg67vTo/K7Y1XDJA 6zRl7+RXjvf20XNnqrcxEOC0AC2WXUxcn710nBp7KPTB1u7mYm9PDmgwfU5VLp7ox1x8 5xz49lFHfhBhoqCNU7XMiKCnCKUpKadk4rcOxmZMry8BGDQ2Q2ljcoIUcWYisMAJy+mE u5wQ== Received: by 10.112.101.162 with SMTP id fh2mr6306835lbb.20.1336348015992; Sun, 06 May 2012 16:46:55 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.112.35.108 with HTTP; Sun, 6 May 2012 16:46:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120506142920.8c2e0f06.frank.peters@comcast.net> References: <20120506142920.8c2e0f06.frank.peters@comcast.net> From: Paul Hartman Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 18:46:35 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ta-kXNqNp5Z5Exuqr-Nc73G0dsY Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Drivers For USB HDD To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: ae58e15e-c127-4c7b-8cc7-65623c4526ec X-Archives-Hash: 4ddabbc20f5d70fd83f7c58920fecd4e On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Frank Peters wro= te: > > My USB thumb drives can all be successfully recognized with the sg and > usb-storage modules (as shown in the commands above). =A0Is this all I wo= uld > need to mount a Western Digital USB HDD or is there some other module tha= t > needs to be loaded? Yes, that should be all you need. Virtually every USB hard drive or USB IDE/SATA adapter work as regular mass storage devices. Nothing special required. Same as a flash drive or generic memory card reader. /Some/ USB hard drives are "intelligent", having software pre-installed on them, a "one touch" backup button, weird immutable partitions that show up as CDROM drives, etc. but the overwhelming majority are just a plain USB mass storage device. If you can find one that lacks special features like buttons or anything, it's probably more likely to work without hassle.