My apologies. Sorry, but the encrypted USB drive was defective. I put it in another computer (Ubuntu 17.10) and it would be recognized only if it were held in the drive in a particular way. Either an internal connection is bad or the external contacts are not aligned properly.
The other USB drive still takes 4+ minutes to be recognized and mounted by the OS. In the other computer (Ubuntu 17.10) it comes up in less than 30 seconds.
My apologies. Sorry, but the encrypted USB drive was defective. I put it in another computer (Ubuntu 17.10) and it would be recognized only if it were held in the drive in a particular way. Either an internal connection is bad or the external contacts are not aligned properly.
The other USB drive still takes 4+ minutes to be recognized and mounted by the OS. In the other computer (Ubuntu 17.10) it comes up in less than 30 seconds.