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> Does anybody use one, or have experience of an external USB HD in Linux? It seems, > from what I have read on the web to be far from successful in Linux - 'won't work' > or 'very slow' keeps cropping up on the sites I have visited! Are these folks out > of line? I don't think it should be a problem if it's just a straight forward USB drive....plug it in and it will be mounted as a volume on the desktop just like any external drive. I suppose you might have a problem if it was NTFS formatted but you can easily reformat to another file system, or install NTFS software (which exists in a lot of repositories). Speed I presume depends on the USB interface - USB 2.0 in my experience is incredibly fast! No reason it should be slower/faster in GNU/Linux than in Windows. I hope this information is of some use - I'm sure others on the list are far more knowledgable about me Re: this kind of thing! Jon > Sincerely, > Grandad Berry. > -- > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Generated by the contributors page > in the members area at D+C GLUG > http://www.dcglug.org.uk/members/list.php > webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html