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 1GD3Io-0004zV-7H for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:06:10 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7FI3Tdp014856; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:03:29 GMT Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice02.Princeton.EDU [128.112.130.38]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7FHx1cU023207 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:59:01 GMT Received: from smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.65]) by Princeton.EDU (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k7FHww1I007745 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:58:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k7FHwvc4018457 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:58:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 228465E9BE2; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:59:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:59:58 -0400 From: Willie Wong To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice Message-ID: <20060815175958.GA30580@princeton.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20060815165335.GA1086@princeton.edu> <1155661709.28897.16.camel@neuromancer.home.net> 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 In-Reply-To: <1155661709.28897.16.camel@neuromancer.home.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: ce3b351d-7675-4f21-89ee-8527326606ee X-Archives-Hash: be5af394382f46ad4bec7c3d1934d350 On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 10:08:29AM -0700, Penguin Lover Ow Mun Heng squawked: > > Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any offered by brands that I > > know (like I mentioend above, Maxtor/Seagate/Buffalo/etc. all have > > Why not? If you want a cheap one, a 2.5in one selling in > Surpluscomputers costs ~USD7-15 and a 3.5in costs between USD20-50 > Plug in a Drive and you're good to go. > > PS : I bought mine 2 years ago (max limit of 300GB due to PCBA in the > casing) for USD25 Thanks Ow and Ian, I hadn't thought of the possibility of just buying an external enclosure. That looks like a good way to go. W -- "I take this as a sign of terrible boredom or one of the fact that you haven't come to terms with the fact that your vacation is over." ~DeathMech, S. Sondhi. P-town PHY 205 Sortir en Pantoufles: up 19 days, 20:50 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list