Brian, Parwez provided a good list of the drives that have been formally tested and therefore are supported. As stated, a drive up to 32 GB is supported. Other drives may or may not work. In my personal experience I have seen most other drives work properly, but I have encountered some brands/types that failed to properly mount or otherwise work. The issues I've seen were not related to the size, but instead it was specific to the brand/type. So, to directly answer your question, I do not know of any explicit code to limit the size of the USB (although the underlying OS might), but it has to work with the underlying Operating System.
Regardless of the type of USB you use (one on the list or a different one), it is important that you follow good backup procedures, such as performing regular backups, using more than one device, and making sure they are kept in a safe, secure location. Sadly there have been cases where only one backup was made and the device was either lost or turned out to be bad when it was really needed. And there were other cases where regular backups were scheduled, but unfortunately the device was removed at some point and messages about backup failures were ignored and...I think you get the point. Tom ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
