Re: [tlug] wiki

[Godwin Stewart <godwin.stewart@example.com>]

On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:05:17 +0900, Mark Makdad <mark@example.com>
wrote:

> I would be running an external hard drive.  It is a "external mount"
> that you stick any-old EIDE drive into and then plug into USB.  Seems
> to work fine on the standard Windows drivers for USB Mass Storage, so
> I don't know why it wouldn't work under Linux if there is such solid
> USB support.

That works perfectly well under Linux. USB-support was a little flaky
back in the early days but is perfectly usable now. I have an external
USB/EIDE enclosure as you describe with an 80 Gig drive in it. No
problems whatsoever to report.

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G. Stewart - godwin.stewart@example.com

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        "In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be
        indented six feet downward and covered with dirt."
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