Is anyone using this drive successfully with Linux? I'm hoping to install this on an Ubuntu machine.
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While, obviously, the drive will "work" with Linux, a problem arises with its performance degradation; namely, the Samsung "Turbo" technology is primarily available and/or functional in a Windows environment. So, for a little bit more money, you might go for a better SSD that doesn't require proprietary software to be installed in order to be usable at its optimum performance level.
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I have many of these drives running both Ubuntu and Win7.. No issues at all. Be sure to enable TRIM in Ubuntu, I heard 14.04LTS will do it automatically though.
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I already have linux installed on my pc, I'd add this drive and install win on it. How do I go to make sure boot OSes boot properly?
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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.
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I got the previous 840 model from Samsung and it is beautiful on my Ubuntu box. :) Now I'm getting this one for an Ubuntu server. Ubuntu is pretty much instant-on with the previous one and this one is faster, so enjoy!
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MX-14 Linux runs well as a standalone, or dual booted with WinXP, and Mepis Linux.. Have printers, scanners and large sign cutter I can not replace with win7 or win 8 software so will Keep WinXP off .line for years! This is a nice drive, decent priced unit, but would like a bit more storage, that will take another year or two as the price continues to come down..
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I am using it with Full Monty (PCLINUXOS)on one machine and Mini Me on another..FAST and fast. :-)
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Yes, I use this card on my box with Ubuntu linux. Setup was a breeze. There were no problems at all.
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Yes, and it works very well. One caveat, it requires making changes and configurations. There is a link which provides, Google Phil's Project Blog. His information is the best that I came across. Read the blog and decide if you are up to this. My recommendation is that it is worthwhile and will give you a better understanding on Linux configuration.
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No answer for using it with a Linux system, but works great with my home brew set up.There are way bettercamers, but have no complaints with this one.
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Installed and works well on the windows based platform. Never installed it on linux, however it was basically plug play , so it should.
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I haven't tried it with ubuntu, but it works perfectly and is seen normally by the operating system in the current version of FreeNAS (freeBSD), so I expect it will. I have had no issues at all.
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I'm sure you could find some more information on the forums. I personally have not tried running it on Linux. I would imagine you just need to find the correct drivers to run it properly. Good luck.
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By default, the disk is formated for NTFS. If you want to use it with linux, you need to change the disk partition type to "83 Linux" and then mkfs.ext3 or mkfs.ext4 to create a filesystem for it. (The NTFS filesystem isn't fully supported on Linux because its proprietary/requires licensing/is patent-protected/etc. and besides, its really not that great.) Changing the partition type and formating the disk is beyond what can be expected of "ordinary" users, and so iOmega does not advertise Linux support. But its not at all hard if you know how to format a disk.
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Don't know about Linux. I've only used it with Windows 7 & 8.1 & it works fine with both of those.
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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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I had the same problem with this drive. If you have a hard drive format cd from another drive, you may have to use it. I had to end up using a Linux Mint disk, format the drive through gparted, reboot, reinstall the partition table, and format it again.
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Well, after you make it to work, it does! I had to put in a lot of effort to dig out the solution. When I contacted ASUS support for it, I was bluntly refused support for Linux OS.BTW I am on Ubuntu 12.04, not sure if that matters though.
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I also can't answer at this moment. It doesn't work yet because I'm fighting against Win8 and it's hardware to install Linux.
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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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I'm sure it will work with Linux, especially Ubuntu. This thing should just need generic UCSB thumb driver. Other than that, it's just file system. I'm sure you can format it in any different way to work with all OS. I'd go for NTFS. I don't know if Redhat base will support FAT32 or not. If you can, I'd format FAT32 for this. It will limit the size to only 30GB, but then you're not paying huge overhead to index something large. If you format it to NTFS, you'll get it less than 30 GB for sure.
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Windows and Mac, haven't tried it on linux, but it would probably work. Easy to clone drives by placing mother and child drives then double press the button and takes about 10-15 minutes.
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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.