[wellylug] External USB drive

[Cliff Pratt]

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).
> 
Point 2. I'd advise against a bus-powered one even if you do have to lug 
a power brick around. I've seen and heard of too many problems with 
bus-powered pretty much anything to really trust my data to a bus 
powered device. If it's a laptop you are connecting to, why stress an 
already underpowered power system?

Cheers,

Cliff