The SmartWare Virtual CD partition on these drives is useless in Linux. It includes Windows/Mac utilities only, and is not usable space. This portion of the drive should probably be ignored on Linux desktops.
P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/host14/target14:0:0/14:0:0:1/block/sr1 N: sr1 S: block/11:1 S: scd1 S: disk/by-id/usb-WD_Virtual_CD_070A_575839304137395737383234-0:1 S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:2:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:1 S: disk/by-label/WD\x20SmartWare S: cdrom3 E: UDEV_LOG=3 E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/host14/target14:0:0/14:0:0:1/block/sr1 E: MAJOR=11 E: MINOR=1 E: DEVNAME=/dev/sr1 E: DEVTYPE=disk E: SUBSYSTEM=block E: ID_CDROM=1 E: ID_CDROM_MRW=1 E: ID_CDROM_MRW_W=1 E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA=1 E: ID_VENDOR=WD E: ID_VENDOR_ENC=WD\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 E: ID_VENDOR_ID=1058 E: ID_MODEL=Virtual_CD_070A E: ID_MODEL_ENC=Virtual\x20CD\x20070A\x20 E: ID_MODEL_ID=070a E: ID_REVISION=1028 E: ID_SERIAL=WD_Virtual_CD_070A_575839304137395737383234-0:1 E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=575839304137395737383234 E: ID_TYPE=cd E: ID_INSTANCE=0:1 E: ID_BUS=usb E: ID_USB_INTERFACES=:080650: E: ID_USB_INTERFACE_NUM=00 E: ID_USB_DRIVER=usb-storage E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:2:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:1 E: ID_FS_LABEL=WD_SmartWare E: ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=WD\x20SmartWare E: ID_FS_TYPE=udf E: ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem E: ACL_MANAGE=1 E: GENERATED=1 E: DKD_PRESENTATION_HIDE=0 E: DKD_MEDIA_AVAILABLE=1 E: DKD_PARTITION_TABLE=1 E: DKD_PARTITION_TABLE_SCHEME=apm E: DKD_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0 E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/11:1 /dev/scd1 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-WD_Virtual_CD_070A_575839304137395737383234-0:1 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:2:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:1 /dev/disk/by-label/WD\x20SmartWare /dev/cdrom3v/sr1":
The SmartWare Virtual CD partition on these drives is useless in Linux. It includes Windows/Mac utilities only, and is not usable space. This portion of the drive should probably be ignored on Linux desktops.
P: /devices/ pci0000: 00/0000: 00:1d.7/ usb2/2- 2/2-2:1. 0/host14/ target14: 0:0/14: 0:0:1/block/ sr1 id/usb- WD_Virtual_ CD_070A_ 575839304137395 737383234- 0:1 path/pci- 0000:00: 1d.7-usb- 0:2:1.0- scsi-0: 0:0:1 label/WD\ x20SmartWare /devices/ pci0000: 00/0000: 00:1d.7/ usb2/2- 2/2-2:1. 0/host14/ target14: 0:0/14: 0:0:1/block/ sr1 ENC=WD\ x20\x20\ x20\x20\ x20\x20 Virtual_ CD_070A ENC=Virtual\ x20CD\x20070A\ x20 WD_Virtual_ CD_070A_ 575839304137395 737383234- 0:1 SHORT=575839304 137395737383234 INTERFACES= :080650: INTERFACE_ NUM=00 DRIVER= usb-storage pci-0000: 00:1d.7- usb-0:2: 1.0-scsi- 0:0:0:1 WD_SmartWare ENC=WD\ x20SmartWare filesystem N_HIDE= 0 AVAILABLE= 1 TABLE=1 TABLE_SCHEME= apm N_NOPOLICY= 0 /dev/block/ 11:1 /dev/scd1 /dev/disk/ by-id/usb- WD_Virtual_ CD_070A_ 575839304137395 737383234- 0:1 /dev/disk/ by-path/ pci-0000: 00:1d.7- usb-0:2: 1.0-scsi- 0:0:0:1 /dev/disk/ by-label/ WD\x20SmartWare /dev/cdrom3v/sr1":
N: sr1
S: block/11:1
S: scd1
S: disk/by-
S: disk/by-
S: disk/by-
S: cdrom3
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=
E: MAJOR=11
E: MINOR=1
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sr1
E: DEVTYPE=disk
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_CDROM=1
E: ID_CDROM_MRW=1
E: ID_CDROM_MRW_W=1
E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA=1
E: ID_VENDOR=WD
E: ID_VENDOR_
E: ID_VENDOR_ID=1058
E: ID_MODEL=
E: ID_MODEL_
E: ID_MODEL_ID=070a
E: ID_REVISION=1028
E: ID_SERIAL=
E: ID_SERIAL_
E: ID_TYPE=cd
E: ID_INSTANCE=0:1
E: ID_BUS=usb
E: ID_USB_
E: ID_USB_
E: ID_USB_
E: ID_PATH=
E: ID_FS_LABEL=
E: ID_FS_LABEL_
E: ID_FS_TYPE=udf
E: ID_FS_USAGE=
E: ACL_MANAGE=1
E: GENERATED=1
E: DKD_PRESENTATIO
E: DKD_MEDIA_
E: DKD_PARTITION_
E: DKD_PARTITION_
E: DKD_PRESENTATIO
E: DEVLINKS=