[ale] USB external HDD

Robert L. Harris Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net
Tue May 31 08:15:59 EDT 2005



I just bought a "no-drivers needed" IDE Harddrive with a USB connection
and put a 200Gig IDE drive in it.  The enclosure cost me $15.  Don't
remember what the Drive cost.  Works like a charm.

Thus spake H. A. Story (adrin at bellsouth.net):

> This may have come up before. Sorry if it has.  I have played around 
> with my USB stick and got it to work with my slackware box.  Love it.
> 
> 
> What I am looking for now is a external HDD USB would offer me the most. 
>  I don't have firewire right now.  I understand that the device needs 
> to support Mass storage standards(?).  I most have spent a good 30 
> minutes at frys on Sunday looking at the drives and didn't see one that 
> even said it would support Mass Storage. currently looking at the 
> network accessible drives too, but maybe later when the cost comes down.
> 
> Does anyone know of a list that shows which ones work with Linux?  I 
> wonder how safe I would be going by the compatible with MAC OS 8.6 or 
> higher on statement the box also.
> 
> 
> Then later I will have to wonder what is the best cross platform format.
> FAT,FAT32,NTFS,or Linux) probably the old FAT32 so I can read/write with 
>  Linux and Windows.
> 
> 
> Adrin
> 
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