[Gllug] External USB connected disk

[Alain Williams]

On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 01:43:22PM +0000, Tethys wrote:
> 
> Alain Williams writes:
> 
> >Has anyone played with these, will I have problems plugging it in
> >(2.6 kernel)?
> 
> Unlikely. All of the models I've seen just present themselves as a USB
> Mass Storage device, and hence will Just Work(tm) with Linux, without
> the need for additional drivers or other software.

Thanks to all who replied.

Yes: it did work, just plug it in & I saw it as /dev/sda which I could
partition & format.

I copied a backup to it, it went at about 1MByte/second (usb).

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Alain Williams
Parliament Hill Computers Ltd.
Linux Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer.
+44 (0) 787 668 0256  http://www.phcomp.co.uk/

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