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 1GD3Ny-0008Lf-9D for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:11:30 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7FI9PJ8032719; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:09:25 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.190]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7FI7PVn028126 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:07:26 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id x30so404876nfb for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:07:26 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=JPgm2Cf+MMHG+/NCp3PeTtpfTi3p2f3RkwgUah3b+9YyBGjrLQk+b2ZVrKrk4hNUxzDaTD6ojCUQk3QV93czH3CVpXRNuUElajBw2vPhDiAwAsk1m/pxWTHRvWOIoqkk7TPcSL6IgMlgzhVUw26/5h9jdWkEAt4iVCo/LkAp8rQ= Received: by 10.49.8.1 with SMTP id l1mr1645295nfi; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:07:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.159.1 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:07:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <71e46d510608151107w247a8936tc94d7c547c154393@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:07:24 -0600 From: "Ian Kabeary" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice In-Reply-To: <20060815175958.GA30580@princeton.edu> 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: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_194972_23278155.1155665244191" References: <20060815165335.GA1086@princeton.edu> <1155661709.28897.16.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <20060815175958.GA30580@princeton.edu> X-Archives-Salt: 79fc4133-61fa-49db-8066-55a5a6434146 X-Archives-Hash: a5a2a06f43e252020ff4831d0131784a ------=_Part_194972_23278155.1155665244191 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 8/15/06, Willie Wong wrote: > > 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. I like it because In a year I can get an even bigger hard drive and it wont cost as much. Glad to be of help. ~Ian ------=_Part_194972_23278155.1155665244191 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline

On 8/15/06, Willie Wong <wwong@princeton.edu> wrote:
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.
 
I like it because In a year I can get an even bigger hard drive and it wont cost as much.
Glad to be of help.
~Ian
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