Compatible w/ Linux Ubuntu? Has anyone loaded Ubuntu on the Western Digital Passport HD? Any issues?
936437
I was wondering the same thing. It just because Ubuntu is open source, and everything that works with Windows doesn't necessarily work with Ubuntu. Proprietary patents, profit motives and such.. Its good to check before buying. Might as well buy something that is reported as having no issues.
936438
Relax. I have a smaller capacity passport and works with Ubuntu (and Kubuntu, Mandriva and several other Linux distros) flawlessly. Right out of the box.
1975928
You should be able to. I was able to reformat it to ext4 for a Linux data drive with no problems.
1037322
I'm unsure, however, I have connected a USB3 hard drive to the unit. I've found that even passport drives work well with the unit as it relates to recording even HD video and being used as a DRV. The only devise that seems to have issues when recording are the slower flash drives/USB Sticks
1730463
Technically it is not compatible. The case shuts just right with no resistance to the older Passport drives that went up to 1TB. The 2TB are a bit thicker. Maybe if you removed rubber bumpers inside, but then, what's the point of having a case if you are removing protection? From the Western Digital site: Compatible models include: WDBKXHxxxx, WDBBEPxxxx, WDBACYxxxx, WDBAAAxxxx, WDBACXxxxx, WDBABMxxxx, WDBAACxxxx, WDBAABxxxx, WDBGCHxxxx, WDBL1Dxxxx, WDBABWxxxx, WDBBXVxxxx
2101581
I have not tied that specific drive but used Western Digital 500 gb, Acomdata 120 gb and some USB thumb drives. Everything worked fine. I think as long as the hard drive can be connected via USB 2.0 it should work.
563380
As i recall, it didn't actually ship with a version of Linux installed. The first thing I did was install Ubuntu and its been working fine. I bought this laptop a few months ago, though, so I may have forgotten...
1683471
No problems, dualbooting win7 and linux mint (it's a ubuntu based os)both 64bit, just make sure you're using mbr, and not gpt.
106514
deltasquare has a great point about booting from USB. You're also going to have an issue with performance on running with external HDD. Go with mSATA, it's fast and relatively cheap.
2011763
Running CentOs and Ubuntu without issue. Only hardware feature I have not tested is the bluetooth.
94266
If you really want it to work is meant to be, I would recommend to set it up with windows, so install the software and update, etc. But yes, it works with Ubuntu. I use it everyday on 14.04
2017561
Passport comes in different colors and some models have a metal case. The drive in my 1TB Elements is a WDC WD10JMVW-11AJGS2
2144733
UEFI but I had no issues when I installed Ubuntu Linux. Duel booting might be a problem but I do not intend to use this for anything other than Linux.
1294498
Im not sure. But i do not recommend this one. I put so much info on it and one day it just wouldnt work. It woukd spin but no lights or anything on the screen. Had to pay 50$ to get the files off if it. I say spend that extra 50 now and buy a WD passport. Works like a charm.
1799938
It comes with Linux, but by using a USB optical drive, you should be able to install Windows. I recommend trying XP SP2 or SP3. Not sure, but you may need SATA drivers for XP to work... [PirateBay has XP Pro SP3 w/ SATA drivers, if you're not above that sort of thing. ;-) ] No idea about OS X, Google "Hackintosh" for more info on that.
1565695
It's a HD. It will work with whatever OS you format it for. G-Parted is your friend. But Linux can read NTFS and FAT32 partitions fine.
2236629
There is a WD My Passport Studio for your OS but not this one, Look at the title. This one is for Mac. Not saying it will not work but I would look for one based on your OS.
822812
I believe a Western Digital drive would work fine. I bought 2 of them for myself.