Re: Recommendation for External USB Hard Drive
From: Warren Block (wblock_at_wonkity.com)
Date: 09/30/03
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 01:32:05 -0000
Barry Skidmore <skidmore@bsd.digital-village.net> wrote:
> I am thinking about purchasing an external USB hard drive to use for
> backup/restore of my home FreeBSD 5.1 (i386) system.
>
> Can anyone make a recommendation of something that has worked well
> for you?
I've used the Maxtor 40G external USB drive with FreeBSD. It works.
That was with 4.7/4.8, so it only went at USB 1.0 rates, which are not
fast. On a USB 2.0 computer with software running it at 2.0 rates, it
was fine, not noticeably different than IDE.
-- Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA
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