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Old 07-30-2010
driver for external drive case on usb port

Hi

I have to buy my selfe external case for hdd but I don't know whether my ubuntu linux, needs some driver to be able to work with this device or it has inside of itselfe this driver ?

rhx for help.
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Old 07-30-2010
It should not need any additional drivers. The HAL should see the device connected and assign it a device. You can then check either the console or /var/log/messages for the new device and format/partition/mount it.
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