External Hard Drives and UBUNTU

[elmo]

Donald Rock, MD wrote:
> I installed a Lacie drive on Ubuntu Gutsy and it was immediately 
> picked up and the files were available without problem. Follow the 
> drive's manual: in my case, I got the drive plugged into the AC, 
> turned on, then attached the USB terminal to the computer and it was 
> picked up and available in Places.
>
> On 10/24/07, *elmo* <elmo at ne.rr.com <mailto:elmo at ne.rr.com>> wrote:
>
>     I just received an unexpected gift of a Western Digital My Book
>     Essential External Hard Drive.  Before opening the box and installing
>     it,  I'd like to know if there are any problems with using it (or any
>     external hard drive) with UBUNTU.
>
>     elmo
>
--------------

Thank you all.  You gave the courage to open the box, read the 
instructions and install the drive. 
I then ran the brand new UBUNTU 7.10 CD that I had previously downloaded
and lo and behold, there was the drive's icon on the desktop.
Looking good!

elmo