[Gllug] recommendation for external hard drive

[Na Nas]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:16 AM, Christopher Hunter <cehunter at gb-x.org>wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 00:12 +0000, Na Nas wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to make sure that the external hard drive that I buy does work
> > with Ubuntu. I need it to be usb-only-powered and to be portable.
> >
> > I'd be grateful for any recommendation.
>
> I have a couple of the Western Digital "Passport" drives.  They're
> small, robust, powered by USB, relatively cheap, and yet quite
> capacious.  I use them with my Acer Aspire One(s), which run Ubuntu
> netbook remix (mostly).  I also have the same type of drives at work,
> and they have been extensively used, thrown into briefcases, banged
> around in transit on the Tube, and haven't had any problems whatsoever.
>
> C.
>
>
Thank you for all your recommendations; this was specially useful.

Na.
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