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07.07.2008 at 06:09AM PDT, ID: 23543182
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Ubuntu auto mounts eSATA drive but VMware virtual server cannot see it until drive is accessed in Ubuntu.

Asked by M3RC4RY in Ubuntu, Computer Hard Drives, VMware

Tags: Ubuntu, Ubuntu Hardy Heron, 8.04, Automatically mount eSATA drive, Seagate, Seagate Free Agent Pro 750GB, Seagate Free Agent Pro 750GB, Auto-mount and access via Ubuntu

After upgrading my Dell 2900 server to Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 I can now auto-mount my Seagate Free Agent 750GB eSATA drive and fix a password so that Ubuntu will not always prompt for user credentials.  However, I'm running a VMware Virtual Server on the same system and the Virtual Servers cannot access the drive until I access the eSATA drive once in Ubuntu's file manager.  Any idea on how I can make the eSATA drive accessible before the VMware server starts its VM's?  These VM's use the drive for extra storage that the Dell server does not have.

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Zones: Ubuntu, Computer Hard Drives, VMware
Tags: Ubuntu, Ubuntu Hardy Heron, 8.04, Automatically mount eSATA drive, Seagate, Seagate Free Agent Pro 750GB, Seagate Free Agent Pro 750GB, Auto-mount and access via Ubuntu
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[+][-]07.07.2008 at 12:13PM PDT, ID: 21947748

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