gstalnaker wrote: > itm, > > It will "support" it, but my reading of forum comments is that buying a > small powered USB hub is better for the drive (not so much the Pi). I > can > remember from personal experience having issues with USB drives plugged > into Apple Macbooks when the newer drives required more current than > the > USB port on the MacBook delivered. Basically the drive was not > "recognized" > by the OS and not mounted. So, this recommendation for the Pi didn't > seem > odd to me (a Pi is certainly a much smaller device). The powered USB > hubs > deliver about the same current to the USB drivers plugged into it that > the > Pi does, they're simply not also running a small motherboard, with > networking, audio, video, etc.. >
Ah I see - thanks for clarifying Ian ------------------------------------------------------------------------ itm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17437 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108425 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
