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Re: [LUG] USB disk

 

On Fri, 2012-02-03 at 07:44 +0000, tom wrote:
> On 02/02/12 18:46, stinga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > On 02/02/12 16:39:46, bad apple wrote:
> >> What does "dmesg | grep sd" say?
> >
> > Linux is not the problem it sees it just fine
> >
> >>
> >> What version of windows are you using?
> >
> > Server 2008 XP xp 64 Vista 7... take your pick...
> >>
> >> Does the USB device require drivers under windows (not all of them 
> >> are mass-storage accessible by default).
> >
> > Drivers not needed
> >
> >>
> >> What partition table are you using on the USB drive (GUID/DOS/etc)?
> >
> >
> > Formated for fat32 and dos part table.
> >
> > Looks like I might have solved it, I have it a driver letter and made 
> > it active, all 5 of them seem to work now.
> >
> > Who knows why those 5 of 20 decided to not bother with a driver letter.
> >
> >
> Microsoft
> Tom te tom te tom
> 
Had the same thing with my Seagate 500Gb portable drive - worked fine on
Linux and Skipsta and XP - plug it into 7 and I've got to tell 7 how to
letter/name the drive.

Like Tom said:

Micro$haft.

Adam


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