[NTLUG:Discuss] Mounting USB portable drive

[Steve Baker]

John Thomas wrote:
> Has anyone had experience with mounting a USB portable drive to Linux?

Yep - I do it every day.

> This is a Western Digital 40 gig device.  Is it handled the same way as 
> a USB memory stick?

Yes - exactly the same way.

I just plug mine in (on SuSE 9.1 or so) and wait a few seconds - then
it's generally just magically mounted under /media/usb-storage-XXXXX
where XXXXX seems to depend on the device.

> The OS is Red Hat Workstation 3

There is a lot of black magic going on behind the scenes with USB
automounting - I don't know how RH sets their stuff up.

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