On Thu, 01 Oct 2015 09:36:34 +0200 Per Jessen wrote:
I have an elderly Toshiba USB external harddisk - it's really just a regular SATA drive with the USB interface electronics bolted on.
Exactly, but they're bundled with preloaded and downloadable software plus 10 GB of free cloud storage. The manufacturer's page for the blue version is here (several colors are available): http://us.toshiba.com/accessories/Portable/2TB/Connect-II/HDTC820XL3C1 The description is pretty thorough and the last footnote says "Compatibility may vary depending on user's hardware configuration and operating system." So I guess the real question is whether or not all those extra features (beyond portability and high capacity storage) can be made to work with Linux? I would, in fact, enlarge this question to include "What open source alternatives exist that would allow me to cobble together the same functionality without being tied to a specific hard drive manufacturer, cloud provider or backup software package?" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org