It should work fine, however it will likely be pre-formatted as either FAT32 or NTFS. After you plug it in, run these commands: # lsusb should display a description of the new drive connected to the USB bus. # dmesg | tail should tell you which device file it's using (i.e. /dev/sdb) and # tail /var/log/messages -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gaddis, Jeremy L. Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 08:46 To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: USB external disk drive compatibility On 7/30/07, Wartnick, James <James.Wartnick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a laptop with RH Enterprise 5 and am looking at getting a > portable USB external disk drive. I was > Looking at the Western Digital Passport but am unsure if it is > supported. I didn't see Linux drivers on their > Web-site. Anyone know if it's supported? Yes, it should work fine. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis http://www.jeremygaddis.com/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
