Maxtor Mini External Hard Drive

[Corey Bettenhausen]

Corey Bettenhausen wrote:
> Tony Corbett wrote:
>> Hi, I have just loaded Ubuntu 7.04 to give it a go  and need to figure out how to get my EHD connected.
>>
>> I have previously reloaded Windows NT I have had to download  software for the EHD from the Seagate / Maxtor tech support site. This site makes no referecne ot reqyiuirmeents for linux etc.
>>
>> I have a Maxtor One touch III Mini ehd.
>>
>> Any help would be great. Keep it simple - im new to U.
>>
>> Cheers Tony
> I'm not familiar with the particular drive that you mention, but I'll 
> assume it's a USB or firewire drive?  If so, have you just tried to plug 
> it in?
> -Corey
Further, Windows NT didn't natively support USB.  That's why you had to 
install software from Maxtor to get it to work.  Ubuntu does support 
USB.  So you should be able to just plug it in and it should show up on 
your desktop or through "Places" in the menu bar at the top of your screen.
Cheers,
-Corey