On 8/15/06, Ian Kabeary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I like my Vantec Nexstar 3 enclosure. Try for one of them, they are cheap, flexible in capacity and nice to look at. Works in Gentoo just as easily as a Jumpdrive. ~Ian
If you are looking to buy the drive and enclosure separately, I too can recommend these, but only in the 3.5" size. The 2.5" one I had corrupted every large file I wrote to it. Of course since you are looking for >250G, you are not looking at 2.5", but whatever you get, I recommend testing thoroughly with some md5sum verifications. You can find this same enclosure under several different brands. The most important thing IMO is to make sure that the DC power input has separate 12V and 5V pins. The enclosures with a simple round 12V DC power input do not provide enough power for large drives. Of course if you buy the Seagate/WD/Buffalo with the drive pre-installed, you don't really have to worry about the power. You can safely ignore the button, it won't impact the drive's functionality in any way. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
