On Tuesday 19 July 2005 21:59, Eben King wrote:
> 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.
SanDisk appears to rule. From professionals that I've spoken to it's the best
one.
--Steve Szmidt
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