Re: hard drive connected to the slug
debian-arm@lists.debian.orgLarry W Howell schrieb am Freitag, 26. September 2008 23:35:
> Michael Glockenstein wrote:
> <snip>
> > Is it possible to have a 2.5" notebook hd without external power supply connected
> > to the slug and the usb port spends enough energy for that drive?
> > Regards Michael
> >
> >
>
> Yes, it is possible. I have two slugs with 2.5" drives attached. The first
> is a 120 Gig Hitachi in a cheap enclosure and the second is a 160 Gig Western
> Digital Passport. Both are running Debian, and have been in service for 21
> and 13 months, respectively. The Hitachi drive never exceeds the 5 W USB
> maximum power, but the WD peaks at 7 W for about 250 ms on startup. This
> hasn't caused any problems so far. I would expect the larger capacity 2.5"
> drives have higher power draw on startup, so YMMV.
This sounds good, I prefer a WD 160 GB (Scorpio) in a Sharkoon Rapic Case
at the moment.
Regards Michael
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