Mike McCarty wrote:
Jonathan Berry wrote:
On 8/7/05, J.Underwood <J.Underwood@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
I am considering purchasing a USB hard drive to use with a FC4
system.
I am currently considering one of the Lacie 80 GB models, and was
wondering if anyone had any comments on how well supported these types
of devices are with FC4?
[rewrapped]
Cheers,
Jonathan
Hi Jonathan,
Nice name ;). I would highly suggest that you consider buying a hard
drive enclosure and an internal drive to go in it. I think you can
get a lot more for your money that way, and you can have more control
over the kind of enclosure you get. An enclosure will cost you about
$30 - $40 probably and then you can use an internal drive which are
generally much less expensive, especially if you don't mind rebates.
[snip]
Interesting idea. What is your cabling setup? How do you power?
In my experience, modern drives don't have much problems with
heat, unless they are exercised a lot. I have a USB drive which
is covered in papers on my desk, and it never gets very hot.
USB 2 is not all that slow, however.
Mike
I went through a similar case this week. Needed to get a bigger drive.
I purchased a new drive and installed a clean version of FC4.
Transfered all my data using the HD ribbon cable (Case won't support two
drives) and then installed the old 60gig HD into a generic external case.
The only problem I had was that Western Digitals must be set for Cable
Select to have the case work with the drive. I also hate the large blue
LED illuminate bar on the case as it provides more light than the
background light in my office.
Automounts both partitions in /media/
--
Robin Laing
