<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:16 AM, Christopher Hunter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cehunter@gb-x.org">cehunter@gb-x.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 00:12 +0000, Na Nas wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> I need to make sure that the external hard drive that I buy does work<br>
> with Ubuntu. I need it to be usb-only-powered and to be portable.<br>
><br>
> I'd be grateful for any recommendation.<br>
<br>
</div></div>I have a couple of the Western Digital "Passport" drives. They're<br>
small, robust, powered by USB, relatively cheap, and yet quite<br>
capacious. I use them with my Acer Aspire One(s), which run Ubuntu<br>
netbook remix (mostly). I also have the same type of drives at work,<br>
and they have been extensively used, thrown into briefcases, banged<br>
around in transit on the Tube, and haven't had any problems whatsoever.<br>
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C.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote><div><br>Thank you for all your recommendations; this was specially useful.<br><br>Na. <br></div></div>