Barry, Also if that Fedora install has the rpmfusion repos (both free and nonfree) enabled then exfat is no longer an issue.. install the needed bits with: 'sudo dnf install exfat-utils fuse-exfat -y' If you lack the rpmfusion repos run this command FIRST: 'dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm' Barry: > WD ships the drive formated as exFAT, which will not mount on fedora. > > Reformat as NTFS and fedora will mount the drive. > Beware that default while formating an option external drive in winodws 10 seemed to be exFAT. > > I just went through this with a 4TB drive. > > Barry > > >> On 19 Nov 2016, at 01:02, Gregory P. Ennis <PoMec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Everyone, >> >> Thank you all for your help. I had to put my problem on hold until I >> had time to digest all you advice. I almost got a sledge hammer out, >> but restrained myself. >> >> The problem turned out to be related to the using the front usb ports >> instead of the usb ports on the back of the machine as well as the >> cable I was using. Once I had a good cable and used the ports on the >> back of the machine (directly into the mother board), everything worked >> automatically and perfect. >> >> Thanks again for all of your help !!!!! >> >> Greg >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------------- >> Don't know if it would make a difference, but are you plugging it into >> a USB3 >> port? My lab got new machines about a year and half ago, and I knew >> machines had USB 3 ports, so I hooked up a 1.5TB usb disk, and got >> very >> slow results. Turned out that only 2 of the 6 USB ports are USB 3, >> others are >> only USB 2. Don't know if there would be a difference in the size of >> disk >> supported by USB 2 versus USB 3. >> >> >> On 30 Oct 2016 at 15:15, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >> >> Subject: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem >> From: "Gregory P. Ennis" <PoMec@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: Fedora Users List <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> g> >> Date sent: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 15:15:26 -0500 >> Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users >> <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >>> >>> Everyone, >>> >>> I just purchased 3 WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drives that I had >>> hoped >>> to use for archive files for some digital images. >>> >>> Looks like WD has made it difficult to use for Linux. The google >>> searches that I did stepped me through mounting it on a Windows 10 >>> system and then formatting it with nts. Unfortuantely, when I tried >>> to >>> connect it to Fedora 24 I am still not able to recognize it to mount >>> it. All of the /dev/sd* entries were the same before and after I >>> plugged it in. Smartmontools appears to recognize it when it is >>> plugged in a usb port, but pauses and does not finish its execution >>> to >>> completion. gparted scans all devices and does not finish when the >>> drive is plugged in a usb port. >>> >>> Has anyone in the group figured out how to use these drives? >>> >>> Thanks for you help!!!! >>> >>> Greg Ennis >>> _______________________________________________ >>> users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> +----------------------------------------------------------+ >> Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor >> Guam Community College Computer Center >> mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx >> Guam - Where America's Day Begins >> G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ >> +----------------------------------------------------------+ >> >> http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original) >> Number of Seti Units Returned: 19,471 >> Processing time: 32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes >> (Total Hours: 287,489) >> >> BOINC@HOME CREDITS >> ABC 16613838.513356 | EINSTEIN 118093151.288695 >> ROSETTA 51279764.747103 | SETI 94372974.067749 >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
