Barry,
Also if that Fedora install has the rpmfusion repos (both free and
nonfree) enabled then exfat is no longer an issue.. install the needed
bits with:
'sudo dnf install exfat-utils fuse-exfat -y'
If you lack the rpmfusion repos run this command FIRST:
'dnf install
https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm
-E %fedora).noarch.rpm
https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-...
-E %fedora).noarch.rpm'
Barry:
> WD ships the drive formated as exFAT, which will not mount on fedora.
>
> Reformat as NTFS and fedora will mount the drive.
> Beware that default while formating an option external drive in winodws 10 seemed to
be exFAT.
>
> I just went through this with a 4TB drive.
>
> Barry
>
>
>> On 19 Nov 2016, at 01:02, Gregory P. Ennis <PoMec(a)PoMec.Net> wrote:
>>
>> Everyone,
>>
>> Thank you all for your help. I had to put my problem on hold until I
>> had time to digest all you advice. I almost got a sledge hammer out,
>> but restrained myself.
>>
>> The problem turned out to be related to the using the front usb ports
>> instead of the usb ports on the back of the machine as well as the
>> cable I was using. Once I had a good cable and used the ports on the
>> back of the machine (directly into the mother board), everything worked
>> automatically and perfect.
>>
>> Thanks again for all of your help !!!!!
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -------------
>> Don't know if it would make a difference, but are you plugging it into
>> a USB3
>> port? My lab got new machines about a year and half ago, and I knew
>> machines had USB 3 ports, so I hooked up a 1.5TB usb disk, and got
>> very
>> slow results. Turned out that only 2 of the 6 USB ports are USB 3,
>> others are
>> only USB 2. Don't know if there would be a difference in the size of
>> disk
>> supported by USB 2 versus USB 3.
>>
>>
>> On 30 Oct 2016 at 15:15, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
>>
>> Subject: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem
>> From: "Gregory P. Ennis" <PoMec(a)PoMec.Net>
>> To: Fedora Users List <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.or
>> g>
>> Date sent: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 15:15:26 -0500
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>>>
>>> Everyone,
>>>
>>> I just purchased 3 WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drives that I had
>>> hoped
>>> to use for archive files for some digital images.
>>>
>>> Looks like WD has made it difficult to use for Linux. The google
>>> searches that I did stepped me through mounting it on a Windows 10
>>> system and then formatting it with nts. Unfortuantely, when I tried
>>> to
>>> connect it to Fedora 24 I am still not able to recognize it to mount
>>> it. All of the /dev/sd* entries were the same before and after I
>>> plugged it in. Smartmontools appears to recognize it when it is
>>> plugged in a usb port, but pauses and does not finish its execution
>>> to
>>> completion. gparted scans all devices and does not finish when the
>>> drive is plugged in a usb port.
>>>
>>> Has anyone in the group figured out how to use these drives?
>>>
>>> Thanks for you help!!!!
>>>
>>> Greg Ennis
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