Thanks. The drives can also be externally powered if they come with a Y usb cable where one leg of the Y goes to the board/computer and the other leg plugs into a usb power supply/wall wart. On Amazon it's hard to tell which ones come with a Y cable. This one does, for example: http://goo.gl/nZMXvU
On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 1:39:13 PM UTC-8, William Hermans wrote: > > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007705%20600006260&IsNodeId=1&name=Yes > > Any of the above *should* work. Of course I can not personally guarantee > they'll all work, but you get the idea . .. > > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 2:35 PM, William Hermans <yyr...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Gerald, I am sure this would be a case you would love to be proven >> "wrong" ? >> >> >> http://www.embeddedhobbyist.com/debian-tips/beaglebone-black/beaglebone-black-usb-boot/ >> >> Rusty, as long as it is a decent enclosure with an external power plug, >> it will/should work just fine. Personally in the process of writing the >> article above, I used an el cheapo PATA<->USB enclosure, with an PATA 300GB >> Seagate barracuda inside. >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Gerald Coley >> <ger...@beagleboard.org<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> I don't recall any of the four boards being able to boot off of a USB >>> drive. >>> >>> Gerald >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Rusty Wright >>> <rusty....@gmail.com<javascript:> >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Can anyone recommend a usb drive for using to boot off of? From what I >>>> understand the drive needs to be externally powered, not powered from usb, >>>> and I can only find ones that are powered over usb. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
