Acomdata USB 40g Hard Drive


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I have an Acomdata USB 40G Hard drive (Fat32) and I would like advice on getting it to work with Mandrake. What do I need to do to mount it?

Right now, everything else but the USB HD is working great with Mandrake.

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The hard drive was sda1. I ran the command as you said, replacing xxx with sda1 and it gave the message that it needs a mount point or something like that. What is a mount point and would setting one cause any problems for my USB HD?

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How to make it work in Linux:

Connect it, find the /dev/xxx eantry for it, mount it, by doing this mount -t vfat /dev/xxx /mnt/usb-drive (xxx=your usb hard drive entry...)

How to make it work in Windows XP:

Plug 'er in.

:whistle:

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It was not that simple for Windows, if anything it is harder. I had to install drivers for the HD in Windows, then I needed to right click my comptuer, select properties,go to the drive, select properties, check off "removable" for the drive, select a drive letter and restart.

Entering a few things in command line is much simpler, no driver installation needed. Its a shame that Acomdata does no provide instructions, which is the reason why I am posting here.

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...so in addition to my question on what a mount point is, do I need to do anything to make the drive be mounted every time the computer boots up or is it automatic?

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Yes that does suck about Acomdata not giving you instructions. For stuff like that, I try to stick with a reputable company whom I know has good support, but as long as it works for you, that's all that matters.

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Oh thats what mount point means, creating a directory to mount it to. No, I did not do that but I will. It would be a lot easier if they called it "mount directory", but at least I know now.

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I'm not having much luck with this. I looked at the drive using Mandrake control center and, well, I posted a pic of what it shows at the bottom.

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