Hardware :: Using Lacie External HD, Formerly Used With Mac Osx?
Jan 21, 2010
I recently bought a new PC to replace an old failing iMac i was running Linux on the iMac so decided to buy a refurbished PC to install Linux. I'm currently running mint 8 for the record.. I don't know if it's too relevant to my question...
anyway
I was using this Lacie 750gb HD to backup files in Mac OS X, there is a 30gb FAT partition and the rest is HFS+.I recently read that using " hfsplus " from the depositories you can mount HFS+ rw, but ONLY if it is journaled. (how can check this?)
I imagine another option would be to back the disk up and repartition it as FAT and Ext4 or is that possible? what is the best way to do that?
If anyone has time to share any experiences or knowledge on this subject I would appreciate it a lot, I'm having a hard time finding much info about it.I will have to backup the data on this drive first, so I don' t wanna make any hasty choices.
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Aug 17, 2010
When my LaCie BigDisk E+ USB/eSATA FW:1.1548 is plugged into the USB port, I get the following what is below (it fails). This occurs in Ubuntu also. I think it has something to do with the new kernels. I believe ehci_hcd used to be a module. Since it has been compiled into the kernel, the external USB hard disk does not work. I am compiling my own kernel now to see if that is the problem.
dmesg | tail
scsi11 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 14
usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 15
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Feb 8, 2010
Is there still somewhere we can download the Lacie 4L lightscribe labeler? I searched all over their site and have not been able to find it.The lightscribe site had a link to Lacie's downloads and nothing was there.
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Apr 18, 2010
I have ubuntu 9.10 installed with 2.6.31-21-generic kernel and have recently bought a LaCie d2 network NAS to which I am connecting via a Conceptronic C54BRS4A router, but am having problems with connecting to the share drives.
The d2 software is version 1.0.8 and I have configured a share drive <4music>, and a user <myuser> assigned to a workgroup <workgroup> and with readwrite permissions for that drive.
The version of LaCie Network Assistant (LNA) for Linux available for download here url is just 1.1.0, but the CD accompanying the NAS actually contains LNA for linux version 1.4.1 (5). I have installed both versions and the version 1.1.0 does not even find the drives, let alone mount them, so I am using the 1.4.1 version which does seem to work.
On launching LNA 1.4.1 I am asked for password to mount the drive:
�Enter your password to perform administrative tasks. The application 'mount -t cifs '//192.168.0.102/Public' '/home/myuser/mount -lacie/192.168.0.102/Public' -0 user=myuser, pass=mypassword' lets you modify essential parts of your system
and both the Public and 4music drives are marked in green as Smb (Windows File Sharing) when connecting as registered user <myuser> with password <mypassword>
When I navigate to smb://d2.local/ I can connect fine to Public drive, but the problem comes when I try to connect to Share drive and I get dialogue box saying �Password required for share share on d2.local� and requiring me to input username, domain, password.
The user <myuser> on my linux box is the same as that configured for d2. The domain field autopopulates with the workgroup <workgroup> I have set up for that user on the d2, and I enter the appropriate password <mypassword>, but the connection is not authenticated.
Running
/usr/bin/smbclient -L 192.168.0.102
returns:
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.4.1]
Sharename Type Comment
Share Disk
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Aug 20, 2010
Wonder one of you good folks could help me figure out how to download and install (light-scribe and Lacie labeler) easily and correctly in Ubuntu 10.4. I have used and installed it in another Linux (Pclinuxos 2010.07).
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Nov 16, 2010
Users of Lacie's 4L which is used to burn labels for your Lightscribe disks, are required to have the app run with sudo privileges, (the command being: gksudo 4L-gui). On an older version of an Ubuntu install, I had it set up so that it did this automatically, without it, (or me), being asked for a password. I thought it was something I added to the sudoers file, to give 4l-gui automatic authority, but I forgot how i did it.
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Feb 3, 2011
I just recently built a 64 bit AMD Phenom quad core desktop. I have installed Kubuntu 10.10. I have an HP DVD burner with Lightscribe capability. When I try to download and install the software using GDebi I get a message that states that it cannot install the 32 bit software on my 64 bit computer. I read the threads and none of them have worked " using the directions provided". Using the command line and force architecture I got an error message every time. Can anyone who has succeeded in doing this give me the commands in simple "newbie" English to I can use Lightscribe along with Lacie Lightscribe on my 64 bit computer?
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Oct 14, 2010
I work at a local computer shop as a computer technician and we get many computer in daily that require external virus scans (having to take out the hard drives, sticking it in another machine) just to scan (if we're lucky we can sometimes just do it in safe mode).Now what I want to know is...
1. Is it possible to install Ubuntu to an external HDD and use it virtually anywhere I plug it in? Will it pick up the network card, graphics card, etc so I can just plug and go? (Of course there are drivers for some computers).
2. Is it possible to run a Windows oriented virus scanner on Ubuntu? I know I can use WINE to run Windows applications, but will it prove to be compliant with virus scanners as well?
3. The main reason why I want it to be able to pick up on hardware and just work is because I plan on using it for schooling / travelling as well, have all my documents etc saved on it for easy access.
I've used Ubuntu in the past on an old laptop that didn't have much memory, small HDD, and a crap processor but that was 5-6 years ago (I still have the disk they sent me for free ).
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Jul 11, 2010
I installed Ubuntu on external USB hard drive and while booting I did got option to log into windows XP, Ubuntu. Both operating systems ran fine. i.e. GRUB had overwritten MBR and I was able to dual boot. Main issue: I have installed Ubuntu in external hard-drive so that I can use Linux whenever I want other people who are using same computer can operate on WindowsXP. Sometimes my external hard drive gives problem if there is loose connection and so that oper people using computer do not face any problem I want to disconnect external USB HD whenever I am not using Linux. GRUB menu was pointing to external hardrive so disconnecting it meant my system wont boot!!I rewrote MBR using WindowsXP CD recovery mode. Now I am unable to boot from external USB hard disk( I thought I would be able to if I choose USB hard drive in BIOS option but it did not work it logged into WindowsXP by default).Is there any way I can change WindowsXP boot.ini file so that it also shows Ubuntu in external hard disk? Or is there any way.(I do not want GRUB way as then I would have to keep my external drive connected to log into windows - which I do not want).
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Jun 18, 2010
If i want to use an external usb modem by which i can surf through the net, is this possible in fedora. Because the software is always an .exe file which is only compatible with wndows. let me know if i can use and also let me know the procedure for using this
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Dec 27, 2010
I have an external hard drive with an xfs partition on it. It was using an external journal, but in re-installing Slackware I removed the partition holding the external journal, forgetting what it was at the time. I didn't touch the contents of the external hard drive, but now I can't mount it and the various xfs programs seem to demand that it be mounted in order for them to change anything.Anyone have any ideas on how to change an xfs partition from external log to internal? Failing that, how do I get the information off it?
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Dec 11, 2010
I plugged in my external dvd-r (asus) via usb. It showed me some message on shell, that it has detected the cdrom(although its dvd rom as well but nevermind) and its of ASUS. But how do i know which dev it was associated with in /dev/? Since i had to test something, i plugged it out, and save the output of ls /dev/ > ~/result.txt
after plugging the dvd-rom, i compared the results and was able to find that it was associated with simple cdrom i.e. /dev/cdrom. I wanted to know that is there any command that will tell me which /dev/ file was associated with external dvdrom? i tried to see in the following result
1) df -h ( no results, just the already mounted partitions)
2) fdisk -l ( same as above)
3) dmesg | tail (shown almost the same result as was shown on shell at the time of plugging the dvd)
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Jul 17, 2010
Evince in non-gnome systems is unable to open external link. The error msg it shows is
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Unable to open external link The specified location is not supported. I have already googled it, however it only says it is a bug, without any solution available. Evince in gnome systems however work just fine. Is there any way evince can use sensible-browser to open external links?
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Mar 2, 2010
After installing ubuntu 9.10 on external HDD I cannot boot vista if external usb is unplugged(where ubuntu is installed). it says grub loading and after that recover grub ( i think that is what is says ... not certain in this moment ) anyway hope you get my dilemma. If you need more information I'll be glad to provide it.
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Jan 14, 2009
I have 2 ubuntu's: 1 on my ineternal hard drive, 1 on my external
When I startup without my ext drive =>GRUB error 21.
And when I plug it in I can choose: the standard ubuntu kernel is the one on my external, and the original one is listed under other...
I'd like to be able to startup without external hard drive and make the ubuntu on my internal drve the standard.
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Feb 9, 2011
I'm rather (VERY) inexperienced when it comes to Linux, but Fedora 14 is the environment I have to use on my laptop at work, so please forgive any dumb that comes out of me.
How do I tell php to send an email with mail() using an external mail server?
The situation: I've got apache/php running a webserver on my local machine. It's for dev purposes only, and the website files I'm using are checked out from our SVN. This lets me make changes to our website while not actually changing our website.
I've come across an issue I'm fixing where I need to verify that an email is successfully getting sent out, and unfortunately, this email is sent out using php's mail(), and not our website's usual $mail object. Unfortunately, I don't have the authority to change how this sends out right now, just when it sends out.
I've been running everything fine on my machine for a month now, and haven't needed the mail stuff until now. How do I tell php to send an email using an external server?
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Feb 21, 2010
I installed Ubuntu 9.10 recently and registered with dyndns.org was able to ssh internally and from external.
a) ssh user@hostname # hostname worked fine
b) ssh -v user@hostname.dyndns.xxx worked fine.
Today, there were 200+ updates and after that I cannot ssh when I use the dyndns hostname, It stops after line
"connecting to hostname.dyndns.xxx [x.x.x.x] port 22
I checked site forums and checked /etc/ssh/ssh_config and sshd_config. I use ufw and it allows port 22.
Can anyone suggest what may be stopping it to login. I am guessing some updates may have caused it to stop.
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Aug 25, 2009
Recently I've formated my PC. I've installed Fedora 11 in my new HDD. Through a doxky station I've connected my old HDD (with Fedora 11 too) but I can't gain access. Through "palimpsest disk utility" I can see my HDD:
Quote:
750 GB Generic External
750 GB / GiB / 750,156,374,016 bytes
Master Boot Record
Connected via USB at 480.0 Mbit/s
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If I click on "750 GB LVM2 Physical Volume" I can read the attribute type of partition as Linux LVM (0x8e). Unfortunately I can gain access inside to recover my old documents and backups.
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Jun 3, 2010
I have an Asus 1001p with an external Toshiba DVD drive. I downloaded the Fedora 13 Install DVD (twice) and verified it. When I am performing the install it asks me for the drive that the install image is on but it only sees my internal hard drive, not my DVD drive that I am booted from.
It lists my four partitions on my internal drive but that is it. I looked for a compatible driver in the list that pops up when I hit F2 but nothing works which is kind of weird because I booted from it. As a test I put the DVD contents on sda2 and pointed it there, the install started but then it could not see to find other files. I already installed the live CD and it booted fine and installed fine from the same DVD drive.
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Jul 11, 2010
An oddball problem has cropped up. When I installed Fedora 13 I listed an external USB HDD to mount at start up. when I log in to my account, the first account that was set up during install, the USB drive has links on the desktop, and it shows up in the file system when I click "Computer." The USB external HDD is completely invisible to the other accounts. If I switch off it's power, wait, and then switch it back on, It mounts back up, but is still invisible to all accounts except mine. What did I do wrong, and how do I give all acounts access to that drive?
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Feb 6, 2010
Just bought a new external and usually i would be able to mount things but i cannot log into GDM so im suck doing it in the terminal like thing. so far i have tried:
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sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb
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sudo mkdir /media/usbdrive
sudo mount -t msdos /dev/sdb1 /media/usbdrive
but when i do that is says
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FAT: bogus num of reserved sectors
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1
comp: Dell Inspiron E1505
OS: 9.10
HD: Segate Free Agent Go 320GB
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Feb 26, 2010
I am having problems getting an External USB (cradle) HDD connected to our 8.10 server. I currently have a RAID 1 on using a 3ware controller. I wanted to add the USB for rsync. The drive was formatted as ext3 and can be seen on other systems.
sda is my internal drive(s), RAID 1
Code:
? sudo fdisk -l
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 59466 477660613+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 59467 60786 10602900 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 59467 60786 10602868+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris .....
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Mar 23, 2010
So the other day I was trying to repartition my external hard drive and somehow accidentally wiped the whole thing out. I tried using testdisk to restore it and I thought I did ok but know when I try to mount the hd i get the following error
Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with:
[mntent]: line 10 in /etc/fstab is bad
mount: /dev/sdb1: can't read superblock
I don't know much about editing things like this so I downloaded storage device manager in hopes of automatically editing my fstab, which no says:
system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
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May 12, 2010
I'm planning to install Ubuntu on a new PC and use an external dial-up modem for internet connection. The modem I plan to use is the US Robotics USR5637 56K USB Faxmodem, which USR claims is compatible w/Linux kernel 2.4.20:
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In the modem's Installation Guide, it says: "You need a USB modem driver (CDC ACM) compiled into a Linux kernel 2.4.20 or higher or as a loadable module for your kernel. Installation of the modem under these kernels is fully automatic provided your kernel has the Plug and Play module enabled (default)." So...uh...does Ubuntu meet these specs? Are some version #s of Ubuntu, or its variants, different with regard to these specs? I have the CD of Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Edition--is this one OK? Should I try a later or earlier version? I'm really looking for a version that will be the least hassle to set up and use; I'll probably have to use Wine, so I can use MS Word 2000. Is there a Ubuntu version best for this too?
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May 20, 2010
i have Ubuntu10.04 on a dell desktop and 9.10 on a dell mini10 net-book installed from flash drive both work flawlessly, And have been for month but now i finally buy a external drive case with its own power supply slip a working drive from the desktop into it plug it in and nothing it doesn't show up on the desktop or under computer on either the desktop or the net-book.
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Jun 12, 2010
How do I repair an external HDD's MBR from Ubuntu? I know there are tools for doing this kind of thing from Windows (such as MbrFix), but I want to know if there's anything to do it from Ubuntu.
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Jul 12, 2010
I'm trying to restore my laptop through the Ubuntu 10.04 Live CD. A while ago, Windows 7 died. I've tried everything possible to make it work again to no avail. At first I gave up on recovering my files and proceeded to formatting it, but that didn't work either, although it would boot from the CD, it would get stuck. It's as if the HDD couldn't be accessed.
After trying almost every version of Windows available, I decided to give Ubuntu a shot. I have used Ubuntu before and I thought maybe I could use the Live CD to see whether I could access the HD or not and, if not, claim the warranty (I bought the computer 4 months ago). I downloaded Ubuntu 10.04 and booted from it and was able to access all my files.
I wanted to move my files to an external HDD through the USB, but I plugged it in and nothing happened, no icon appeared on the desktop or on the Computer directory. I plugged in a normal USB flash drive, and no icon appeared. The funny thing is that the USB led lit up, so I knew it was connected to the computer.
I thought maybe Ubuntu wasn't mounting the drives and that I had to do it manually, so I ran both the lsusb and fdisk -l commands on the terminal with both drives plugged in and neither of them appeared listed. I even opened the message log to see if there was some reaction when I plugged it in, but nothing worked. :S
I restarted the computer and opened the BIOS to see whether the USB drive was enabled, as I had previously disabled some options trying to restore Windows, but the external HDD was being recognized by the computer; on the boot list it showed the name and serial of the drive, so that wasn't it.
I downloaded previous versions of Ubuntu, thinking maybe it had something to do with that (although I know it shouldn't), and the same thing happened: I could access the internal HDD but the external drives weren't being recognized.
I've browsed through the forums, going over the same procedures as other people with the same problem, but nothing works for me and now that I know that my files are safe, I don't want to format it anymore before saving at least the most important ones ><
I think I have 2 options before I run out of ideas. I could use GParted or Partition Editor from the Live CD to resize the partition to make enough space to install Ubuntu on my computer (I was thinking of doing it, anyway) and then fix everything from there instead of from the Live CD (if that changes anything), but I'm afraid that the files in the partition could become corrupted or damaged, and I don't want that. The other option would be to install Ubuntu on the external HDD and boot from it, as it WOULD HAVE to recognize it.
I want to know if there is any way to solve it before resorting to the latter option, as the HDD is not mine and I don't feel right partitioning it.
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Jul 15, 2010
I installed Ubuntu 10.04 on my external HD from USB flash drive. But if i want to boot it, only black screen with blinking _ appears. Im total noob so maybe i made a mistake in installation, so here is how i did it (if i remeber correctly):
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next day i tryed to boot from live USB like before, black screen appeard with text:
error: no such device (and many numbers)
grub rescue>
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Aug 22, 2010
I have a USB flashdrive and when ever I plug it in it's named CORSAIR. This I like. Now I have some external hard disks that I use for back up. They are USB also, but they tend to get some random name that is mounted to /media like disk-1. How can I name a specific drive to something like "backup" and have it always be recognized that way even across different different Ubuntu boxes.
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Sep 14, 2010
i have Ubuntu 10.4 installed. i have a external hdd that is formated as HFS+.
When i connect it, nothing happens in ubuntu but the hdd lights up at least..
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