[gentoo-user] OT: recommendation for external usb2 / firewire 2.5in hd case

[gentoo-user] OT: recommendation for external usb2 / firewire 2.5in hd case

[Iain Buchanan]

Hi All,

I hope you don't find all these OT posts annoying, but this is the only
real ml I'm subscribed to atm :)

I am looking for a 2.5in HD enclosure, with USB 2.  SD Card reader is a
bonus, as is video / audio playback from the device itself.

I'm leaning toward this one from vosonic, that can even view video on
its display http://www.vosonic.com/index.php?php_mode=spec&php_itemid=36
as well as being able to copy from SD to HD without the PC!

I would like to hear about your experience with linux and USB 2
performance from various chipsets, especially if you've tried vosonic
products already.  Alternatively, firewire would be nice, but I think it
would cost too much $$ for the same features.

Thanks,
-- 
Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au>

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Re: [gentoo-user] OT: recommendation for external usb2 / firewire 2.5in hd case

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:42:30 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:

> I am looking for a 2.5in HD enclosure, with USB 2.  SD Card reader is a
> bonus, as is video / audio playback from the device itself.
> 
> I'm leaning toward this one from vosonic, that can even view video on
> its display http://www.vosonic.com/index.php?php_mode=spec&php_itemid=36
> as well as being able to copy from SD to HD without the PC!

I have an older X-Drive, ithout the display, audio player etc. It's
basically a 2.5" HD enclosure with a USB host capability, so you can plug
in a USB card reader (or mass storage capable camera) and dump the
contents to the HD. It's all standard USB stuff, so it works well.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Uhura: Captain, you're being flamed on channel one.

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