I have not seen a problem with USB external storage in quite some time. I would think just about any would do very well, especially on KC5. It will show up as a /dev/sdX device (X being the number it assigns, 1 for the first drive, etc). The question becomes do you want to use that same drive on other machines, like those not running *nix, and if so, you will need to format it using a filesystem like VFAT, so its sort of *universal*. If you are not worried about cross platform compatibility, format it as ext1,2,or 3, or whatever flavor you like under Linux.
On 2/9/07, Jack L Eason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello All, > > I've been a "lurker" on this mailing list for about a year and a half > and have really learned a lot from all of you, Thanks! My question is > about external hard drives. Specifically, which ones are Linux > compatible, and which ones are the easiest to get up and running? Also, > what are some of the issues that I might run into (USB issues, driver > issues etc?) I'm using Fedora Core 5 at the moment, but after I get > 80GB of music from my computer and onto an external hard drive, I plan > on switching to Kubuntu. Any links and or advise would be greatly > appreciated. Please feel free to email me off list if this isn't an > appropriate place for these questions. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Take Care, > Jack > > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ > -- ________________ Tim Grossner [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tgrossner2.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
