ext usb2 drive and fbsd6

Micah micahjon at ywave.com
Wed Aug 9 18:20:13 UTC 2006


dick hoogendijk wrote:
> Maybe I should not ask this here but I take my chances. I love fbsd but it
> /is/ pickier on some hardware than windows and I don't want to use that
> software, so..
> 
> I'm planning an external hardrive. NAS (network attached storage) drive
> are very expensive. So I will buy an usb2 drive, I think.
> 
> As always, money's short ;-)
> 
> Do you have suggestions on *good* working and not to expensive usb2
> harddisks for FreeBSD-6.1?
> 
> They should be reliable and easy to mount on my server.

I have a Western Digital "Essential" USB hard drive that I use for 
backup purposes on my 6.1 system. 
http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=182
Haven't had any problems yet.

HTH,
Micah


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