Mounting 'WD Unlocker' (Encrypted External HDD) Qubes 4

[OGBaby]

How does one mount a 'My Passport Ultra' encrypted drive with qubes 4?

In windows, WD Unlocker allows the user to enter password. The Drive unlocks and can be accessed.

In dom0, "qvm-block" displays:

sys-usb:sda My_Passport_0837
sys-usb:sr0 Virtual_CD_0837 (WD Unlocker)

When attaching 'sys-usb:sr0' to a designated VM, in dom0 it reads as:

sys-usb:sr0 Virtual_CD_0837 (WD Unlocker) <vmname> (read-only=yes, frontend-dev=xvdi)

In <vmname>, the file manager displays:

WD Unlocker /dev/xvdi1
WD Unlocker /dev/xvdi2

When selecting xvdi1 (error dialog):

Unable to access location

Error mounting /dev/xvdi1 at /run/media/user/WD Unlocker: Command-line 'mount -t "udf" -o "uhelper=udisk2, nodev, uid=1000, gid=1000, iocharset=utf8" "/dev/xvdi1" "/run/media/user/WD Unlocker" exited with non-zero exit status 32: mount:/run/media/user/WD Unlocker: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/xvdi1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.

when selecting xvdi2 (actually mounts)

The two folders within xvdi2 are: 'WD Drive Unlock.app' and 'Extras'

How does one enter the pass-phrase for an encrypted Passport drive? When Attaching 'sys-usb:sda' nothing appears within the file manager. The drive is functional and contains media.

[OGBaby]

It's weird, i'm seeing references here and elsewhere for passport drives with qubes but none of the posts mention mounting the unlocker..?

[awokd]

OGBaby wrote on 2/2/19 9:47 PM:

> On Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 1:57:42 PM UTC-6, OGBaby wrote:
>> How does one mount a 'My Passport Ultra' encrypted drive with qubes 4?

>> How does one enter the pass-phrase for an encrypted Passport drive? When Attaching 'sys-usb:sda' nothing appears within the file manager. The drive is functional and contains media.
>
> It's weird, i'm seeing references here and elsewhere for passport drives with qubes but none of the posts mention mounting the unlocker..?
>

I doubt the WD proprietary software is Linux compatible. I think what
most do is disable the WD encryption and format the entire external
drive with LUKS software encryption instead.

[unman]

I've had some success with this:
https://github.com/0-duke/wdpassport-utils
ymmv

[Siddhatha]

Try LUKS.
=========
Surprising anyone would expect any presumptive windows software to work on Linux at all, notwithstanding someone linking to a github project. Maybe I missed something but I don't recall seeing a penguin on the box of any of my Western Digital spinners.

I always delete the WD software or ignore it.

That said I have had no problems with LUKS-encrypted drive opens fine once the drive is linked to the corresponding APpVM.