[wellylug] External USB drive

[Phillip Hutchings]

On 3/10/2007, at 17:27, jumbophut wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I'm looking to buy an external USB drive for my Linux box.
>
> Requirements:
>
> 1. USB 2.0
> 2. Bus-powered (no external AC/DC adaptor)
> 3. Works with Linux usb-ehci and usb-storage drivers.
>
> Nice to have, but certainly not essential:
> 4. Firewire connection
>
> Does anybody have experience with/recommendations for drives meeting
> these requirements?  Will pretty much any drive be compatible, or are
> some Windows-only? (I have been to the vendor sites and they mostly
> say Windows / Mac compatible, but don't tend to say anything about
> Linux).

If they're Mac compatible then they're Linux compatible, they'll just  
be using the standard USB mass storage protocol.

Now, for point 2 you'll be stuck with the 2.5" ones. With prices from  
Ascent you're looking at $40 for the enclosure and around $130 for  
100GB of disk.

If you want a pre-made unit there's this 80GB one for $253:
http://ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=343563

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Phillip Hutchings
http://www.sitharus.com/