Maxtor Mini External Hard Drive

[Corey Bettenhausen]

Tony Corbett wrote:
> yep , its usb, and definately plugged in
> and not showing in PLACES
> 
>> 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

Has the drive been formatted yet?
To see if the drive has been detected at all, open a terminal window 
(Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal), plug in the drive, and type 
"dmesg" (without quotes) in the terminal window.  If the drive is being 
detected, you should see some lines indicating that a new USB device has 
been attached.
-Corey