Hello all,

I'm rapidly running out of disk space on my Slackware 10.2 system, and am
considering purchasing an external HD. I'd like to go for something in the
120GB range. I'm assuming that it will connect to my computer via USB. My
computer is only a couple of years old at most, if memory serves me
correctly.

My question is; can I safely assume that I'll be able to get this new HD
connected to my Slackware 10.2 system via USB without too much hassle ?

If so, what would be a good brand to buy ? (Ok, that's two questions.)
I'll buy anything from Western Digital but it would be nice to know what
some other folks on here are using with their slack setups.

Thanks for your time.

NoSleep.

Hi,
Im new to Slackware and GNU/Linux only used it for soon a year, but my
earlier experience is that any USB-harddrive will work. If you compile
your kernel with support for USB2 and USB-Masstorage (Uncertain what
the real names really are, shouldnt be to hard to find, and maybe
someone else can help you with that otherwise)

I have always used Seagate when it comes to HDs. They are quiet and
none of my Segate disks has ever broken. If you dont count my second
hand bought one, but Seagate replaced it for me, even after the
Warranty time was over, and I wasnt the first owner.

I have two; one is USB Powered, the other requires a
separate power supply.

The first is a WDC Pasport 60GB and it was bought to use with a notebook.


The second is an ADS(crappy) enclosure with a 160GB Hitachi.

Don't go cheap on the enclosure.

John

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, NoSleep wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm rapidly running out of disk space on my Slackware 10.2 system, and am
> considering purchasing an external HD. I'd like to go for something in the
> 120GB range. I'm assuming that it will connect to my computer via USB. My
> computer is only a couple of years old at most, if memory serves me
> correctly.
>
> My question is; can I safely assume that I'll be able to get this new HD
> connected to my Slackware 10.2 system via USB without too much hassle ?
>

just buy USB<->IDE controller and internal 3.5' 120Gb or more harddrive
and default slackware bare.i kernel include usb-storage driver and it must
work with any usb mass storage device as SCSI drive (/dev/sda)

rusty_dm

4partee wrote:
>
> Don't go cheap on the enclosure.
>
agree

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:56:22 +0000, NoSleep wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm rapidly running out of disk space on my Slackware 10.2 system, and am
> considering purchasing an external HD. I'd like to go for something in the
> 120GB range. I'm assuming that it will connect to my computer via USB. My
> computer is only a couple of years old at most, if memory serves me
> correctly.
>
> My question is; can I safely assume that I'll be able to get this new HD
> connected to my Slackware 10.2 system via USB without too much hassle ?
>
> If so, what would be a good brand to buy ? (Ok, that's two questions.)
> I'll buy anything from Western Digital but it would be nice to know what
> some other folks on here are using with their slack setups.
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> NoSleep.

Why not buy an icybox with usb 2.0 and optionally firewire ports: that way
u can have any internal hd act like an external hd. It's really handy. And
it doesn't restrain you to one connector eg external usb2(1) will always
be usb 2(1). here is a link

http://www.icybox.de/

She may well have wrote murder, but on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:46:09 -0800,
granden@gmail.com wrote :

> Hi,
> Im new to Slackware and GNU/Linux only used it for soon a year, but my
> earlier experience is that any USB-harddrive will work. If you compile
> your kernel with support for USB2 and USB-Masstorage (Uncertain what the
> real names really are, shouldnt be to hard to find, and maybe someone
> else can help you with that otherwise)


First off, thanks to all the posters who replied to my original post. Much
appreciated.

I am completely clueless about kernel configuration, I have always gone
with the default kernel (that's the one that's used to install Slackware
in the first place from a CDROM isn't it ? 2.4 bare.i ?) and it has done
all I require of it. The only option I put in during the install process
is 'hdd=ide-scsi' for my DVD writer.

But now that I know about the USB2 and USB-Masstorage options, I think I
will be ok for rebuilding a kernel. I'll give it a shot at least.

I have saved these posts so I can refer back to them when I purchase my
hard drive soon.

Thanks again for your time.

NoSleep.

She may well have wrote murder, but on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:35:56 +0300,
rusty_dm wrote :

> On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, NoSleep wrote:
>
>> can I safely assume that I'll be able to get this new HD
>> connected to my Slackware 10.2 system via USB without too much hassle ?
>>
>
> just buy USB<->IDE controller and internal 3.5' 120Gb or more harddrive
> and default slackware bare.i kernel include usb-storage driver and it must
> work with any usb mass storage device as SCSI drive (/dev/sda)
>

Just re-read your post after sending my 'thankyou' reply. Thanks for the
very precise info. Looks like I'll have a load more storage capacity
sooner than I anticipated.

NoSleep.

i've also found that using XFS seems to be faster on my (bus powered)
USB drive. Formatting the drive XFS means you won't be able to use it
on a windows machine of course, but i don't have any windows machines,
so it doesn't bother me :-)

On 27 Jan 2006 06:28:19 -0800, "dez" <dfjaimes@gmail.com> wrote:

>i've also found that using XFS seems to be faster on my (bus powered)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
you have a pointer to measurements? 'seems' is so vague.

Grant.
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