portable hard drive do most of the portable hard drives work with linux? i was looking around and none really say whether they work with linux or not. thanks for the help
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yes - most will work with linux, if they are formatted properly. worse case is that you can format the drive to work with linux on the eee but that will keep you from reading the contents on a mac or pc. format it such that it is readable on a mac or pc (usually the way it comes from the manufacturer out of the box) and it will work just fine.
614673
I'm sorry to ask a question on your question but did you every purchase the device and try it on Linux? I was also curious.
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I don't know but I don't see why not. It is a standard USB device. Windows sees it as an external drive but I don't know what is under the hood in windows to make that happen. There is no driver disk or application to load, you just plug it in and Windows knows what to do. Like everything Linux... If you have, or can get, or can write the driver, it will work.
1168996
Linux is an OS right? This is strictly hardware, should work with anything.
1892931
You can boot most any linux install from them, yes. I'm here for another for just that purpose. Even a little 512MB will run some distros, but this is adequate for a full-on portable linux operating system with all the bells and whistles. Check out Pendrivelinux dot com.
128192
It does work with my flash drive, but I've never tried an external hard drive. I'm not sure how it would handle a hard drive with other types of files on it.
341548
You need to address this question to sellers of Wii U . The hard drive is standard for USB 2.0 and 3.0. It is the problem of hardware ( computers, game consoles, tablets ) manufacturers to support this standard.If Wii U supports USB Hard drives, than this hard drive will work with it
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These devices work only with seagate go flex hard drives. I tried it with a standard sata drive it does not work. Very lame! Not sure what type of drive you are referring to with 3/4TB size. Standard or go flex type. I didn't see go flex type so I'm guessing you are referring to standard - if so - they won't work.
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I would be very surprised if it did not work with them, because its compatibility is entirely managed via the USB connection. Any OS that handles USB well should detect it just fine. It even works great with my Ubuntu Linux machines.
787268
Yes, Macintosh, Microsoft, Linux, etc. for the most part. It's a storage device not a program. For your assurance I only have Macintosh, definitely works.
974902
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yes the unit its self runs linux. it works with windows and or linix. data is stored under linux file structure
1250352
I believe it will work with Linux. I do have a fair return policy if it doesn't work.
12404
I use mine on a Linux machine, no problem so far; though I have not thoroughly put it through the paces.
2101581
I have not tied that specific drive but used Western Digital 500 gb, Acomdata 120 gb and some USB thumb drives. Everything worked fine. I think as long as the hard drive can be connected via USB 2.0 it should work.
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I tried my Toshiba HDDs but none of them work. I think it is because of power. But some people answered that it powered other brand HDDs. So I think it really depend on HDDs.
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Installed and works well on the windows based platform. Never installed it on linux, however it was basically plug play , so it should.