[RndTbl] External hard drives for Linux
Bill Reid
billreid at shaw.ca
Tue Mar 3 09:44:19 CST 2009
schwartz wrote:
> I'm thinking of buying an external USB hard drive for my Linux desktop.
> I'm concerned that these USB drives might be non-generic, somehow dependent
I do not think this is an issue. I would think the USB Mass Storage standard is
not OS or file system dependent. I am using EXT3 on my external USB drive.
> I don't think my BIOS can handle 1 TB drives but for that price
> I'm temped anyway.
Unless you were going to boot from it your BIOS should not be involved.
-- Bill
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