Hi John, Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try--perhaps after Xmas when the prices go down.
Robin On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 8:27 PM, John Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi Richard, > > You should be OK. I ran Linux off an external USB HDD for 12 months at > one point (long story). The only element of risk is the USB device > being supported. The USB mass storage devices are quite well supported > under most modern flavours of Linux so I'd give it a shot - if it didn't > work then return for a different maker. > > Check google too - if there are specific incompatibilities you'll find > them. > > Cheers, > J.J. > > > > On Sat, 2008-11-29 at 17:34 -0500, Richard Carter wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > The folks at Future Shop told me that any of the external HD enclosure > > +drive packages (eg. HP Pocket Media 160GB External Drive) which are > > specified to be compatible with Windows and Mac can also be used with > > Linux, perhaps after re-formating. (Of course, re-formating would > > scrub the built in back up software.) Does that sound credible to > > you? > > > > Robin > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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