[TriLUG] USB external hard drive for Linux machine

[Mack.Joseph at epamail.epa.gov]

Joseph Mack PhD, High Performance Computing & Scientific Visualisation
LMIT, Supporting the EPA Research Triangle Park, NC 919-541-0007 Federal
Infrastructure Contact-Ravi Nair 919-541-5467 - nair.ravi at epa.gov,
Federal Visualization  Contact - Joe Retzer, Ph.D. 919-541-4190 -
retzer.joseph at epa.gov

trilug-bounces at trilug.org wrote on 04/18/2005 02:53:45 PM:

> Hi All,
>
> I am considering acquiring external USB hard drive for my
> home network.
> I would like to use it on both my windows machine and FC
> 3.0.

I have two ME-720UF external cases, which I bought from Dealsonic
for $45.94. It has a firewire and usb interface and you stick your
own IDE drive upto 300G into it. I'm happy with both of them. Presumably
when the drive dies, you pop out the dead one out and stick a new
one in. The cases are snap-shut and presumably are not easily
reversible, but I've got mine apart reversibly with a bit of
screwdriver-fu.

Joe