On Tue, Aug 26, 2003, Michael Hipp wrote: >Kurt Wall wrote: >>I like this idea. Has the Linux support for FireWire become mature >>enough that using an external FireWire drive as a backup is viable? >>I'm supposing so, or you wouldn't have suggested it, but this is my >>day to ask obvious questions. > >Don't know about Firewire, but USB 2.0 works great. Seems to me USB 2.0 >is becoming much more of a commodity and I can't tell that Firewire has >any advantage over it. I use it for backups regularly with a "pocket" >hard drive.
The Linux USB documentation indicates that data storage may be flakey. FireWire has been in use on Apple for years, and IHMO a much more stable than USB. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``Anyone who thinks Microsoft never does anything truly innovative isn't paying attention to the part of the company that pushes the state of its art: Microsoft's legal department.'' --Ed Foster, InfoWorld Gripe Line columnist _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
