2009/12/30 Robert Miller <[email protected]>: > I went with the basic WD Passport Essential USB 2.0 Part Number > WD4000ME-00 and just used Truecrypt, protected the entire space as a > single partition with a really long passphrase. > > I did this so I could use it under Windows and Linux because I found > little information on the topic when i researched it. > > Hope this helps,
That means you are ignoring the hardware encryption, if I were going to do that I'd save the £10 difference and go for the Elements drive. The lack of linux support tallies with all the other research I've done. Robin > > - Robert > (arch3angel) > > On 12/29/2009 11:33 AM, Robin Wood wrote: >> I'm looking at getting a WD portable harddrive and my choice is >> between the Essential and the Elements. The Essential has hardware >> encryption but I can only find reference to it working under Windows >> and Mac. Does anyone have one and know anything about its Linux >> compatibility or lack thereof? >> >> Robin >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
