From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GD2Gh-0004yV-Ql for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:59:56 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7FGuIX1017685; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:56:18 GMT Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice01.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.75]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7FGqae4018983 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:52:36 GMT Received: from smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.148]) by Princeton.EDU (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k7FGqZrV008308 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:52:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k7FGqYcs019696 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:52:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 74CA55E9BE2; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:53:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:53:35 -0400 From: Willie Wong To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice Message-ID: <20060815165335.GA1086@princeton.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: 37573559-de16-4f26-a3d6-de40b453547a X-Archives-Hash: 00023d478c23350b93d88f9d4de0c486 Hi all, I am looking to purchase an external hard-drive for backing up data. I am looking for something that has >250G capacity (preferably around 300G so I have room to grow). My desktop does not have a firewire port, so it is essential that I can use a USB2 connection. (Of course, it is also essential that it works with Gentoo!) What do people recommend? My big question is whether all those fancy "OneTouch" "OneButton" things offered by Maxtor/Seagate/etc. would impede the harddrive's function on linux. I mean, I don't think whatever software they bundled that allowed them to do "One Touch Backups" would work in linux, but I would hope those disks can still be mounted as an usb storage device. Can someone tell me whether that is the case? Also, since I won't be using all those fancy automatic backup features, I am hoping to just get a bare-boned external harddrive. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any offered by brands that I know (like I mentioend above, Maxtor/Seagate/Buffalo/etc. all have fancy features and cost quite a bit more), do people have recommendations with that in mind? Thanks in advance Willie -- Pintsize: Hehe, yeah, that does sound like a pretty empty, pointless existence. Marten: You are not helping, you know. Pintsize: Wait, I'm supposed to be HELPING? Sortir en Pantoufles: up 19 days, 19:51 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list