Using External USB Drive for Linux Installation

[Bill McGonigle]

On Dec 30, 2004, at 11:44 AM, Bruce Dawson wrote:

> I haven't found a "fast" external USB hard drive.

No magic here, but I'm using a case I got from NewEgg called a Metal 
Gear Box Substance (passive cooling) with a Prolific bridge, IIRC, and 
a 7200 RPM IDE drive and it's fast enough for DV capture.  I haven't 
benched it beyond that but slow drives typically can't keep up with DV.

I have a 4-port Adaptec PCI USB2 controller I got from CompUSA for 
about $40.

-Bill
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