On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Michael D. Setzer II <
mikes(a)kuentos.guam.net> wrote:
Would be interest to see how gparted sees the existing format, since
ntfs
should not be a problem if you have ntfs-3g installed?
gparted isn't seeing anything near as I can tell, hence the request for
dmesg info... sounds like some background system work is happening but is
getting caught up somewhere. I agree with fat16/32 limitations especially
since the OP is archiving images which can get rather large. Formatting
just seemed easiest as a way to eliminate some possibilities because of fat
fs wide acceptance. If it works, then it was a file system issue and if
not then most likely a deeper hardware issue. If the former then a matter
of installing support for the desired fs or format to one that best suits
OP's needs. I am not thinking the latter because a couple articles where
the posting OPs' stated they plugged in the drive and the system recognized
it including Eddie above; but, technologies change and WD firmware may be
conflicting with the OP's system since the are just purchased. At this
point it is just conjecture until we get a better picture.