External USB NTFS drive

[Steven]

Andrew Jarrett wrote:
> On 10/25/07, Steven Vollom <stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>   
>> lanzen wrote:
>>     
>>>> If the drive is Seagate or Maxtor, they preconfigure the drives for
>>>> Windows and Apple/Mac.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> I've just recently got a seagate sata /300 (500Gb - slurp). On the box
>>> it says: compatible with Linux. I must say it is. Unfortunately - well,
>>> not so much - I didn't formatted it as NTFS so I can't say what would
>>> have happened in that case.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> I just purchased a Maxtor One Touch III incl. Firewire800.  They are
>> pre-configured to XP or Vista or Mac only.  I have heard I can solve the
>> problem any, but haven't so far.
>>     
>
> I, too am getting the "hal-storage-removable-mount-all-option refused
> UID 1000" message with my Maxtor One Touch III (1 TB), but I was able
> to manually mount through the command-line.  I haven't figured out how
> to make it automount yet, though.  BTW, I am using Firewire (400) and
> not USB to interface with it, but I am not sure if this makes a
> difference.
>
> Andrew
>
>   
Andrew,

I am using FireWire 400 too, but I don't currently have Windows on my 
computer.  I am a newbie.  Can you help me manually install my 1TB 
Maxtor 800 400 2usb without Window installed?  Thanks!