If it's not showing up as a drive, check that the kernel sees it as a normal healthy disk with "dmesg", looking for a new drive being connected and your model number. Might see the disk but not mount it having exfat or some other FS microsoft-y it can't read. -mb On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 2:19 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > that is strange. The drive is 8 years old. I guess it was lightly > used. Is there such an animal as a hardware tester so i can see what's > up with it? > > On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 5:15 PM Michael wrote: > > > > Thanks Brian. > > > > On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 4:05 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss > > wrote: > > > > > > The answer is almost certainly yes, but my biggest piece of advice for > > > you on that would be not to store anything on it that you don't have > > > very well backed up. The Seagate 2tb drives are terrible. I have a > > > 100% failure rate on them after about 2 years give or take, and I've > > > been through a couple dozen on them and the word on the street is that > > > my experience isn't strange. > > > > > > Brian Cluff > > > > > > On 5/20/20 12:21 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > > > I'm getting a used 2TB drive and I can't find anything about linux > > > > compatibility. It is a Seagate Goflex home. My dad says the model > > > > number is: > > > > bybap1-520 > > > > or > > > > pk:pgaw-duzm-nnwp-kybw > > > > but after about 15 minutes of searching I've given up. Does anyone > > > > know off hand if it will work? > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > -- > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss