Firewire works great. We use an Iomega Peerless (only 20 GB) and it transfers at 15 MB per second. As to USB, you will want USB 2 for similiar speed.
The only problem I have had with firewire disks on Linux is getting an sbp2 device driver that loads ok. I have also had trouble if the firewire disk is attached at boot time. Seems a pointer is uninitialized in the firewire release driver release I am using. If you get past that part, the disks do seem to work fine. We use this to move data from vehicles to an office, where the data may be used by any number of OSs. It really works ok. On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 21:09:36 -0500 Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I find the 4 drive limitation of IDE machines quite bothersome. Is there > some way, other than scsi, to overcome this limitation in the linux world? > > Is setting up a scsi system just a matter of installing a scsi adaptor > and then plugging things in (along with the appropriate drivers)? Is it > worth the extra cost? > > Are there easier/better alternatives like firewire/usb peripherals? -- +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ � Roger Oberholtzer � E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] � � OPQ Systems AB � WWW: http://www.opq.se/ � � Erik Dahlbergsgatan 41-43 � Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 � � 115 34 Stockholm � Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 � � Sweden � Fax: Int + 46 8 302602 � +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
