<quote who="Sean Jackson">
> I am looked for a portable storage option (around 60G - 80G), that is
> compatible with Linux for under $1000, smaller the physical size the
> better. This will only be used for backups of a SCSI drive. I have looked
> at external USB hard drives and figure that is probably my best option
> given the above. My only concern it that most websites only talk about
> Windows compatibility but I am 99% sure Linux would work. The drives I am
> looking at are the Maxtor 3000LE and a Lacie d2-usb drive or the Lacie
> Pocket drive (60G). Has anyone got these units to work under Linux RedHat
> 8.0?. Help appreciated. Thanks.
Hi,
How about the cheap and flexible option of buying a USB/firewire enclosure?
I have a USB2 enclosure that I use to cart around big data files, a friend
of mine has a Firewire enclosure with a 100G hard drive to store video data!
The great thing is that you can upgrade to a bigger disk at any stage.
You can get 3.5" (normal PC hard drive size) or 2.5" (laptop hard drive
size) enclosures, so with a bit of extra dollars you can go smaller. These
enclosures use standard usb/firewire storage protocols, and work brilliantly
with Linux.
Thanks,
- Jeff
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