I think that pretty much anything you can connect via USB will work. That said, I’ve got three USB drives that are all Samsung T-series USB flash drives, and they work fine by themselves plugged into everything I’ve tried. But I can’t get any of my Macs to format them to work as Time Machine drives.
Maybe it’s Samsung, maybe it’s Apple, maybe it’s because they’re not spinning HDDs, I dunno. Is there anybody here who’s had bad luck with one of them so I know who to blame and can rule out the others? -David Schwartz > On Jun 24, 2025, at 5:00 PM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss > <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > > On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:25:06 -0700 > Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> ChatGPT is saying I can use an old laptop (I have a few) and a 8tb >> Seagate Backup Plus, connected by USB, running Samba or >> OpenMediaVault. ChatGPT says OpenMediaVault is the better option. >> >> Any thoughts much welcome!! > > I haven't had good luck with Seagate. > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Spring 2023 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful > Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
