I've used a Freecom 2.5" drive for a couple of years with good results. USB powered of course.
I've also used an external WD 3.5" drive which I am very pleased with, and since WD offers a wide variety of 2.5" drives at good prices I would go for one of those. /Björn On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 18:02, <[email protected]> wrote: > John Holland wrote > >> You could use a 2.5" HDD. The Momentus has a typical usage specified @ >> 1.5W seek and .7W idle. > > Thanks for pointing out the low energy consumption of modern 2.5" HDs. > Since others mentioned that SD is even less suitable for my purpose, I > think I'll go that route. > > Can anybody recommend a specific model of an external 2.5" drive that > works well with a slug under Debian (Lenny armel), preferably USB-powered > so I don't need an extra power supply? > > I've read a lot on nslu2-linux.org about spindown issues with HDs > connected to a slug. Since my slug is logging data continuously 24/7, I > guess I shouldn't let the HD spin down at all. Is that assumption correct? > > Regards, Richard > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
