On Wed, November 7, 2007 9:46 pm, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> What is this *e*SATA? Is that edible? Do I get anything for my money
> which I don't get with SATA?
>
afaik its an external connector for sata. ie same bus, standarised
external connector.
--
Nick Rout
Excuse if I repeat something.
> I am looking to purchase an external hard drive to keep
... [who cares whatever exactly]
Here are your options:
1) External USB-connected disk. Are there any which don't work with
Linux? Easy to do. Choice of IDE or SATA disk (*always* choose SATA).
Downsides: ne
I run an ex-laptop 30GB HD via USB which is mounted as /personthingy and is
used as personthingys home. /home/everyone_else is on internal HD. I've
bounced between most major distros with this idea, and it works perfectly.
The only disadvantage to this is that i have to make sure nothing else th
> how widely available is the linux ntfs driver these days? Is it actually
> in the kernel, and if not is it in most distros?
I do not know the answer to these questions but it just worked in Mepis 6.5
>And does it work with
> vista's version on ntfs?
Yes it does.
Rob
On Wed, November 7, 2007 2:36 pm, Robert Fisher wrote:
>> ext3 also works on both.
>>
> Yes but usually when I need the external drive on Windows it is for a
> customer's machine and with NTFS I do not need to run any extra programme
> to access ext3.
>
> Rob
>
>
how widely available is the linux
> ext3 also works on both.
>
Yes but usually when I need the external drive on Windows it is for a
customer's machine and with NTFS I do not need to run any extra programme
to access ext3.
Rob
On Wed, November 7, 2007 1:36 pm, Robert Fisher wrote:
>
>> Any experiences?
>>
> I wanted a large one which I could use on both Linux and Windows so I
> bought an enclosure from cablesdirect.co.nz for about $70 and fitted a
> 200Gb drive to it. I got one which can be used for SATA or PATA.
>
> Th
> Any experiences?
>
I wanted a large one which I could use on both Linux and Windows so I
bought an enclosure from cablesdirect.co.nz for about $70 and fitted a
200Gb drive to it. I got one which can be used for SATA or PATA.
The small drives are definitely great as far as portability is concern
... although I'd say that the lappie powered usb based drives win hands down on
ease of use as ther require no external power supply.
Steve
On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:07:09 +1300
Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Note that external sata is now becoming more common. Although I've never
> t
Note that external sata is now becoming more common. Although I've never tried
it, I can see no reason why hot plugging a sata disk shouldn't work fine.
Steve
On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:45:13 +1300 (NZDT)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am looking to purchase an external hard drive to keep fami
USB external hard drives are great - just plug them in and they appear
on your desktop.
Firewire is faster but I believe there are more issues with some
firewire cards being better than others.
Another option is estata which is faster still (transfer rate up to
3Gb / s - 6 times faster than US
Agreed, they usually "just work" as the usb storage standard is mature and
stable.
DSE have some at little more than the cost of the bare hard drive:
http://www.dse.co.nz/isroot/dse/images/promo%5CMailer_17.JPG
And they have a 14 day return policy IIRC.
On Wed, November 7, 2007 12:53 pm, Andre
DSE XH5177 Goes well for me.
On Nov 7, 2007 12:45 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am looking to purchase an external hard drive to keep family videos on
> (these
> things fill my personal hard drive and I have no backups).
>
> My main system is Ubuntu Linux. These things seem
I built my own- bought a drive and an enclosure separately. Generally
they seem to 'just work' with Linux, as they appear as a USB mass storage
device.
I had no trouble formatting (EXT3) or using the drive via the USB
interface (i.e. I did not have to prep the drive inside a PC, connected to
an I
Hi
I am looking to purchase an external hard drive to keep family videos on (these
things fill my personal hard drive and I have no backups).
My main system is Ubuntu Linux. These things seem to have UBS2 or Firewire
interfaces. Is there anything I need to be aware of or look out for when
pur
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