On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:20 PM, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a FreeAgent(Seagate) usb drive, that shows up as /medea/sdb1 > in Konqueror. I can go thru it via Konqueror and see all of the files > (dll .exe, docs etc) but I cannot cd into the directories and sub > directories and see any files. > > The kernel I use (2.6.24-gentoo-r7) has NTFS r/w enabled and fat fs too. > It works fine with most usb/ntfs devices. I also have ivman installed > as well as dbus and hald. > > I've googled and folks talk about FreeAgent usb drive not being too > linux friendly. The advise ranges from reformat the drive to patching > the kernel to deal with it "auto-shut-down". > > I'd be curious how folks on this list use a free agent usb drive with Gentoo. > > If possible, I'd like to keep it with it's windows features and be able > to move it seemlessly between doz and gentoo system, as a general purpose > backup/restore/archive drive. > > > Ideas and comments are most welcome. > > > James > > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > >
Did you try to patch the kernel with that auto shutdown thingy? Btw, there is a pretty good ext2 driver for windows. Thats how i backed up my last system :) -- Akseli Ollikainen -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
