Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

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> Date: Sunday, October 30, 2016 19:52:55 -0400
> From: fred roller <fredroller66@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Michael D. Setzer II <
> mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Would be interest to see how gparted sees the existing format,
>> since ntfs should not be a problem if you have ntfs-3g installed?
>> 
> 
> gparted isn't seeing anything near as I can tell, hence the request
> for dmesg info... sounds like some background system work is
> happening but is getting caught up somewhere.  I agree with
> fat16/32 limitations especially since the OP is archiving images
> which can get rather large.  Formatting just seemed easiest as a
> way to eliminate some possibilities because of fat fs wide
> acceptance.  If it works, then it was a file system issue and if
> not then most likely a deeper hardware issue.  If the former then a
> matter of installing support for the desired fs or format to one
> that best suits OP's needs.  I am not thinking the latter because a
> couple articles where the posting OPs' stated they plugged in the
> drive and the system recognized it including Eddie above; but,
> technologies change and WD firmware may be conflicting with the
> OP's system since the are just purchased.  At this point it is just
> conjecture until we get a better picture.


The 2TB "WD passport" that I have worked "out of the box" on my
(centos-6 and -7) systems -- with ntfs-3g installed. If you plan to
use them exclusively on linux systems they can be reformatted to
ext4, which then lets you (among other things) use rhel/fedora
built-in encryption capabilities.

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