Re: [opensuse] USB 2.0 external hard drives

Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:

I looking to buy an external hard drive to backup (not archive) my laptop. It has USB 2.0. I am looking for a desktop solution, i.e., don't need nor want to pay for portable powered USB drives. Capacity 80GB to 160GB range. Any recommendations and/or condemnations?

external on what kind? if not usb, must be scsi? may be ata? as of the file system, ext3 is a very good choice, and can be read even from XP if necessary (there is a native XP driver for ext3) jdd -- http://www.dodin.net Cécile, esthéticienne à Montpellier http://gourmandises.orangeblog.fr/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org