Re: [SLUG] USB 2 External Drive?

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Tue Jul 19 2005 - 21:59:57 EDT


On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Mark Polhamus wrote:

> Any "gotchas" when choosing a USB 2 external drive to work with Linux? (Suse
> 9.3, kernel 2.6.11.4-21.7-smp). Hardware is a Thinkpad G41 if anyone cares.
>
> Does this "just work" with recent equipment and Linux versions? Anyone have
> problems getting one to work and work at USB 2 (not USB 1) speeds? Anyone
> happy with the drive they bought?

I think with USB, all you have to worry about is "does the device use
usb-storage", which almost all recent devices do.

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