Work with Linux? Anyone tried this drive with a Linux computer?
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Hi Kevin I have bought this hard drive, and when I plug in into my Linux machine it displays correctly the device but It cannot be mounted , because it is formatted in NTFS and it does not let to see what it is inside it only shows a kinda warning that says you do not have permissions to mount this hard drive , so if you want to open you have to do it in a terminal and do a forced mounting by command. I have found a way on the internet how to make this drive fully compatible with Linux OS and how to erase definitively the 70 Gb software that comes installed when you have never formatted the hard drive I have no tested this method , because I do not have much time to deal with (Need to do homework at the University and other stuffs) here is the link: http://superuser.com/questions/44318/how-do-i-remove-a-mybooks-wd-smartware-virtual-cd-from-my-desktop . Well thats all hope this info helps you ^^. I am non native english speaker I really sorry for my english. Greetings! from Venezuela.
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Thanks, I went ahead and bought it... it works just fine with my Red Hat Linux box, but it does require reformatting... I'm sure it would work just fine with most other Linux distros too.
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Have had no driver issues in any version of linux I've used on this. That includes Ubuntu, Mint and Centos 7 so far. I suspect it will work with any recent version of linux.
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The Asus web site provides no answer to either hard drive format compatibility or networking compatibility with ANY type of computer. That's what's holding me back. A couple of 1 TB drives formatted HFS+ and networked iMac and Macbook Pro laptop, and I refuse to take the plunge unless there's documentation somewhere. If you find it, please post!
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Hi, I use Ubuntu. Unfirtunately there is no linux driver for this fake HW Raid. Goods news that u may dont need it. I use Btrfs filesystem, which has a builtin raid support. I use only mirroring to be safe...
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works great with GPT partition tables and linux. I'm using 3.17 kernel (ubuntu based) on an i3 haswell system. wd blue enterprise (7200rpm) drives are clearly seen and full size is accessible. even via linux md-raid (mirroring) it works great. be sure to use gpt tables and not older dos style partitions.
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Yes, so far this works with any pc I've thrown it against. Xp, win 7 and 8 work fine. I have yet to try it with a Linux box or Mac.
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This is one of the big failures of this device. The file system is a Linux virtual volume group. I've been able to read it on Linux but once read, if put back in the ix-2 it hangs. Firmware is very sensitive to any changes. I would not want to trust my data to it.
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Did you ever find out if this was compatible with Linux? I see the v1 is listed, but can't find anything on the v2.
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Don, I have. and yes it does work. the device is actually running an embedded version of linux. it is running arch. with the right searching you can actually find out how to ssh into it and do what you want for running apps. I have gotten into mine, no large modifications as the device is my primary backup at the moment. the device is really just running SAMBA to give network access to the storage. I hope this helps if your still wondering. :)
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I Run Fedora 21 through this interface and USB3 with no issues. It's basically as fast as an internal drive.
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Hi ! I use with with my raspberry pi, and works perfectly. Minimum need 2 hdd !
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Running freenas (freeBSD) on it without problems. Don't see why Linux would be any problem.
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You should be able to. I was able to reformat it to ext4 for a Linux data drive with no problems.
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Absolutely. I bought this item because it works great with both Windows and Linux. Well worth it. I need to buy another one because I gave this one away to one of my students.
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I used it on Mint, and got it working, but it didn't perform as well as it did on windows. It broke and they wouldn't honor the warranty so I can't test on my current distro. I would say go with something else for Linux.
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yeah, i bought this drive and it works perfectly with the laptop. It takes 2 of the 3 usb ports, but is great for loading software onto it.http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006DUDWXI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc;=1
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I'm running it with a 4 TB drive right now. Works great. I'm running Linux. It all just worked "out of the box" without needing drivers, Disk Manager, patches, or anything like that. You just have to remember to format your drive with "gpt" partition table, because the default ("msdos") partition table maxed out at 2 TB and will no longer work.