On Thursday, May 18, 2006 @ 8:42 AM, Hylton Conacher wrote:
The subject says it all.
I am currently running 9.2 on my production system and have approx 1.5Gb of email and documents. A family member is getting 10.1 for me from the UK but they are only due back around the middle of June. Of course I would like to install it when it arrives but will not at do so at the risk of my other email and documents. Hence I would like to take a copy of my /home onto an external drive that would connect to the PC via USB.
That way once 10.1 is installed I can import the old mail from the external drive.(Please tell me that Sea Monkey/Thunderbid/Mozilla allow mail imports in 10.1)
I would think that going the enclosure route is the best as then I can upgrade the drive inside as and when I need to/can.
I had a brief look at the linux-usb and the Lacie site but didn't seem to pick up what I was looking for. I did see that the Lacie 160Gb d2 external drive is Linux compatible but I wonder if anyone has prefernces for other makes or have used a particular item successfully on 9.2. In addition I do not thinkk it is exactly what I am looking for.
Are there other sites I should rather look at?
Help appreciated.
I bought one from the following site and am pleased with it -- www.usbgear.com I got the USBG-DKUS1 under USB Enclosures, but there are quite a few to choose from. Greg Wallace