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Re: iomega 2TB external USB drive



On Saturday 04 September 2010 21:22:04 John Lindsay wrote:
> I just picked up an Iomega 2TB external USB drive. It is formatted NTSF.
> When plugged into my Win7 pc it is seen however it does not show up on
> screen under Debian (lenny). Is this drive supported? How can I get it
> seen by debian?

Make sure you install ntfs-3g -- the basic NTFS driver in the kernel does not 
have high-quality write support.

If you want a pop-up notification when you plug the drive in, (and possibly 
auto-mounting) make sure you choose a feature-complete desktop environment 
like Gnome or KDE SC.
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