On 2010-08-11 18:25, C wrote:
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 18:16, Dave Howorth wrote:
No proprietary OneClick software lurking anywhere... no software that auto installs when you plug into a Windows machine etc etc.
Sorry, I don't know what OneClick software is, and I know nothing about Windows (newer than 98 or NT4 anyway).
Some external drives have a big button on them. After you've installed some proprietary software (Windows only of course) the use can plug in the drive (or leave it plugged in) and whenever they want to do a system backup, they press the big button. Supposedly idiot proof, but I never actually tried it... so I don't know if this idiot (aka me) would be able to break it or not :-)
So that's what it is... yes, I have some cases with that button. I've never tried it, not knowing what it is for - even less in Linux. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" GM (Elessar))