Allegedly, on or about 22 May 2017, M. Fioretti sent: > Answering the other subscriber who recommends using networked instead > of USB, port-powered drives like this one: I agree with you, but there > are cases where they simply are not an option, I guess. For me, this > is one of them: this disk is shared with relatives without broadband, > only feasible option to exchange/keep in sync when we meet/ huge > collections like these is usb port powered drives.
If you both have your own LANs, you can plug a portable drive into a LAN, just the same as you can plug directly into a computer. But if USB is what you have to do, look for a "USB Y-lead". At one end, there's two USB plugs that connect to two USB ports on the computer, and at the other end is one connector for the hard drive. They can take power from both USB ports, and may provide a better supply to the hard drive. If you have a choice of Y-leads, pick one with the heaviest duty wiring. NB: Connect the computer end's two leads to two adjacent USB ports, don't connect two computers together through it. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 (always current details of the computer that I'm writing this email on) Boilerplate: All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I only get to see the messages posted to the mailing list. Television should really come with an intelligence knob. I've tried adjusting the brightness, but it didn't help. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
