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Re: can i use external hard drive on linux?

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newbie2 wrote on 12. August 2014:
>
> I have an external hard drive. Usually I just plug it into my Microsoft
> Windows 7 computer and it automatically becomes the drive H:\. Then I
> copy some files to the external hard drive.
>
> Now I have two Linux Ubuntu computers. I wish to transfer some large
>files from one Linux computer to another. (I don't have a large usb
>flash drive). So I hope to use the external hard drive as usb flash
>drive. I am wondering if I can plug it into the Linux computer. I have
>to mount it, I guess.

In Ubuntu you have this file manager (nautilus), its icon looks like
drawers I think. On the left you see all drives (also network drives
btw.). Just click the one representing your USB drive and it mounts it
automatically and shows its content.

I think default is to mount those drives read-only. So you can copy files
from it but not write on it. If you want to write you can re-mount it
read-write by clicking the icon again with the right mouse key this time
and tell it to mount it read-write.
-- 
Andreas

I wish my grass was emo. Then it would cut itself.

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can i use external hard drive on linux? newbie2 <xsli2@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-12 09:11 -0700
  Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Joe Makowiec <makowiec@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-12 16:23 +0000
  Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2014-08-12 11:45 -0500
  Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? A <a@a.com> - 2014-08-12 18:55 +0200
  Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Andreas Kohlbach <aug14.8.ankman@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-08-12 16:20 -0400
    Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-12 21:40 +0100
      Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Andreas Kohlbach <aug14.8.ankman@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-08-13 19:06 -0400
  Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-12 21:39 +0100
  Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Rikishi42 <skunkworks@rikishi42.net> - 2014-08-12 22:50 +0200
  Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2014-08-12 23:51 +0000
    Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-08-13 00:56 +0000
      Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2014-08-13 22:19 +0000
    Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2014-08-13 02:50 +0000
  Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? noydb@no.way (Bruce Sinclair) - 2014-08-12 23:13 +0000
    Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-13 11:44 +0100
      Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-08-13 15:28 +0000
        Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-13 16:31 +0100
          Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-08-13 15:42 +0000
            Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-13 20:06 +0100
              Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-08-13 19:20 +0000
          Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-13 16:04 +0000
            Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2014-08-13 11:18 -0500
              Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-13 16:28 +0000
              Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2014-08-14 02:49 +0000
        Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2014-08-13 10:52 -0500
          Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2014-08-13 20:50 +0000
          Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? noydb@no.way (Bruce Sinclair) - 2014-08-17 23:10 +0000

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