Re: Segate FreeAgent USB drive

Doug <[email protected]> Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:25:36 -0500
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On 09/03/2010 05:13 PM, ed wrote:
> On 09/03/2010 06:06 PM, Chris wrote:
>> I've been looking at these at Wal-Mart and wondering if anyone has any
>> experience with them such as is it pretty much plug it in and it works?
>>
>>    
> for the most part, it may take a second or 30 to be seen by kde or 
> gnome, but when I plug in and turn on mine, in KDE, a window pops up 
> asking to mount it or copy it. ( or some such, since I know I am going 
> to mount it and open a konq/Dolphin window there, I take that choice.

If you are dual-booting the machine with, say, Windows and Linux, 
several partitions and at least two file systems, how does that work, or 
does it?  --doug

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seen by kde or gnome, but when I plug in and turn on mine, in KDE, a
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know I am going to mount it and open a konq/Dolphin window there, I
take that choice.</font><br>
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several partitions and at least two file systems, how does that work,
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