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Re: albook g4 + external hard drive



OoO Peu avant le début de  l'après-midi du jeudi 10 février 2005, vers
13:16, Tamas K Papp <tpapp@Princeton.EDU> disait:

> I about to buy an external hard drive (or an enclosure+hard drive),
> either USB or Firewire.

> I would like to ask how to check if this will be supported by Debian,
> is there something to watch out for, whether you would recommend USB
> 2.0 or Firewire.

> If you have specific models which are working with your linux, I would
> appreciate if  you shared  that.  I am  looking for  a cable-powered
> one.

Most USB  or Firewire  drives will  work fine. They  all use  the same
protocol, modulo some bugs.
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