I installed a Lacie drive on Ubuntu Gutsy and it was immediately picked up and the files were available without problem. Follow the drive's manual: in my case, I got the drive plugged into the AC, turned on, then attached the USB terminal to the computer and it was picked up and available in Places.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">elmo</b> <<a href="mailto:elmo@ne.rr.com">elmo@ne.rr.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I just received an unexpected gift of a Western Digital My Book<br>Essential External Hard Drive. Before opening the box and installing<br>it, I'd like to know if there are any problems with using it (or any<br>external hard drive) with UBUNTU.
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