On Thursday 14 April 2005 12:56, Synthetic Cartoonz wrote:
On Wednesday 13 April 2005 21:51, Ashley Gould wrote:
Hi list
Does anyone have good experiences with a particular usb2 external disk drive?
What kind of capacity and form factor are you looking for ? Lots of choices available (and potential dangers...)
I have a big, hefty, old 30G buslogic external drive that had worked fine (with kernel 2.4), but required a kernel patch and special driver to make work. It's mostly collecting dust now that the driver author is unable to maintain it for kernel 2.6.
http://www.linuxcompatible.org/cdetail10047.html
I also have a slim, svelte, ultra-portable 20G SmartDisk Firefly drive. Fits in the palm. Super thin. Requires no AC adapter. And requires no special driver shenanigans with SuSE 9.2 (kernel 2.6). Just plugs in and works on my Linux machines and my Windoze box at work. I highly recommended it.
I have a couple of Anypac drives, and I have been very happy with same. They come in a nice slim, easy access, leather pack 8 cm x 13 cm x 2 cm. One is 20 GB the other 40 GB. The 20 GB requires no extra power, and automounts well on my SuSE 9.1 and my XP (yeah, I've got an old laptop). The 40 GB requires connection through a powered hub. And, not recommended, but I have dropped them both. Regards, Colin