On Tuesday 07 February 2006 07:25, suse_gasjr4wd@mac.com wrote:
On 2/7/06 8:18 AM, "Ken Schneider" <suse-list@bout-tyme.net> wrote:
You can also take a look at buying just the external case and then buy the harddrive of your choice. CompUSA sells a bare case that accepts most internal harddrives/CD/DVD drives for about US30.00.
I have CompUSA ones...the sides are all blue (light) that makes it easy to tell when it does a read/write. That is nice. They also are USB and firewire. It says up to 200GB, but I have 250's and 300's in them.
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=317414&pfp=BR O WSE
They cost more, but the are very easy to get into and can hold a DVD drive. My only gripe is they don't have a fan. This is very, very important for extended use. Cases without fans will fry drives. As soon as I cut the case and put in a fan, the drives last. Any small fan does the trick. (check electrical specs) Then again, I have them hanging off a server running 24/7. :| In a 65F room, they don't get hot with use and are fine.
Also, if you get more than one...label the things. You will get them confused when they all look the same. Takes all of 60 seconds to install a drive. (yea, I've timed my self - we have four)
I can't say if the chips work well with suse. I use them with another system, for now...but it's in my plans...
-- Thanks, George
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. - William Jennings Bryan
I've been using a Smart Disk usb 60G drive for about 1.5 years now and it's worked out great. I use it with Fedora and SUSE 10. Also I don't have to use a power cable with it - the usb port powers the drive. http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0213992