Re: Segate FreeAgent USB drive
ed <[email protected]> Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:36:31 -0400
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070503090602090105040809 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 09/03/2010 07:25 PM, Doug wrote: > 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 > -- > Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley > it's not so much that I don't "dual boot" as that I don't boot often at all. my partition table is a mess, but if the drive is partitioned, then the popup window offers the partition choice then the open in file manager choices. ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________ --------------070503090602090105040809 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type= "> </head> <body bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" text=3D"#000000"> On 09/03/2010 07:25 PM, Doug wrote: <blockquote cite=3D"mid:[email protected]" type=3D"cite"> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type= "> <title></title> On 09/03/2010 05:13 PM, ed wrote: <blockquote cite=3D"mid:[email protected]" type=3D"cite"> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Ty= pe"> On 09/03/2010 06:06 PM, Chris wrote: <blockquote cite=3D"mid:1283551593.12048.59.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/[email protected]" type=3D"cit= e"> <pre wrap=3D"">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? </pre> </blockquote> <font size=3D"+1">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.</font><br> </blockquote> <br> 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?=C2=A0 --doug<br> <pre class=3D"moz-signature" cols=3D"72">--=20 Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. = --A. M. Greeley </pre> </blockquote> <font size=3D"+1">it's not so much that I don't "dual boot" as that I don't boot often at all. <br> my partition table is a mess, but if the drive is partitioned, then the popup window offers the partition choice then the open in file manager choices. <br> <br> </font> </body> </html> --------------070503090602090105040809--