3 Mar
2009
3 Mar
'09
3:44 p.m.
schwartz wrote:
I'm thinking of buying an external USB hard drive for my Linux desktop. I'm concerned that these USB drives might be non-generic, somehow dependent
I do not think this is an issue. I would think the USB Mass Storage standard is not OS or file system dependent. I am using EXT3 on my external USB drive.
I don't think my BIOS can handle 1 TB drives but for that price I'm temped anyway.
Unless you were going to boot from it your BIOS should not be involved.
-- Bill