External Hard Drive Detection Problem need help

[Jordi Ferrando Fabra]

Hi Ralph,

This is what I did to use my WD external HDDs:
First edit the partition table and create a partition type "Linux"
$ sudo fdisk /dev/sda (or sdb, sdc, ...)
-->Create the partition and save changes
Create the file system
$ sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1 (or sdb1, ...)
Mount the hard drive (this is also done by the automounter sometimes)
$ sudo mkdir /media/extdisk
$ sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/extdisk

Ralph De Witt wrote:
> Hello:
> I just bought a new 500 GB Western Digital My Book external Hard Drive. The 
> USB system see it attached as a Unknown device with the My Book attached to 
> it. How can I get it recognized as a storage media so that I can use it? Is 
> there any hope of this in Kbunbutu? Fedora 8 seems to have no problems with 
> it. TIA
>
> Unknown
>
>
>
> Class
> 9
> Subclass
> 0
> Protocol
> 0
> USB Version
> 2.00
>
> Vendor ID
> 0x413c
> Product ID
> 0xa005
> Revision
> 0.00
>
> Speed
> 480 Mbit/s
> Channels
> 4
> Max. Packet Size
> 64
>
>
>  My Book
>
> Manufacturer: Western Digital
> Serial #: 57442D574341533831323036373935
>
>
> Class
> 0
> Subclass
> 0
> Protocol
> 0
> USB Version
> 2.00
>
> Vendor ID
> 0x1058
> Product ID
> 0x1100
> Revision
> 0.00
>
> Speed
> 480 Mbit/s
> Channels
> 0
> Max. Packet Size
> 64
>
>
>  
>