On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 12:53 -0400, Willie Wong wrote: > Hi all, > > I am looking to purchase an external hard-drive for backing up data. > I am looking for something that has >250G capacity (preferably > around 300G so I have room to grow).
If you're in US, and there's a Fry's store nearby, here's a Maxtor 500Gb for USD179 http://newspaperads.mercurynews.com/ROP/ads.aspx?advid=32664&adid=3359416&subid=12793331&type= > My big question is whether all those fancy "OneTouch" "OneButton" > things offered by Maxtor/Seagate/etc. would impede the harddrive's > function on linux. I mean, I don't think whatever software they > bundled that allowed them to do "One Touch Backups" would work in > linux, but I would hope those disks can still be mounted as an usb > storage device. Can someone tell me whether that is the case? Yep. i have a sarotech enclosure (www.sarotech.com) for a 2.5in and it has backup software but I don't use it at all. It does not impede upon the functionality of the drive/casing. The button is just a harware button asking the casing to perhaps "initiate" backup with the host/contact the host for backup software etc. The case just functions as a USB external Drive. You're just paying extra for the "button" :-) > Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any offered by brands that I > know (like I mentioend above, Maxtor/Seagate/Buffalo/etc. all have Why not? If you want a cheap one, a 2.5in one selling in Surpluscomputers costs ~USD7-15 and a 3.5in costs between USD20-50 Plug in a Drive and you're good to go. PS : I bought mine 2 years ago (max limit of 300GB due to PCBA in the casing) for USD25 -- Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
