External Hard Drives and UBUNTU

[Bart Silverstrim]

elmo wrote:
> I just received an unexpected gift of a Western Digital My Book 
> Essential External Hard Drive.  Before opening the box and installing 
> it,  I'd like to know if there are any problems with using it (or any 
> external hard drive) with UBUNTU.  

When plugged in (USB?) it should mount to the desktop.  In the 
filesystem it should be under /media/<volumename>.

I'd usually reformat it if it's not going to be used on a Windows 
system...ext3 so it carries UID/GUID and permissions.  If cross platform 
use, format or re-format FAT32.

-Bart