[wplug] Linux Compatible External Drives

[Tom Rhodes]

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 14:41:52 -0500
"Mackenzie Morgan" <macoafi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Most drives are FAT32-formatted, aren't they?  FAT32 is compatible with just
> about everything.
> 
> On Feb 5, 2008 2:37 PM, beer at cmu.edu <beer at cmu.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Hey kids, hope everyone is well.
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone knows of any good external drives that support
> > linux out of the box?
> >
> > I need something that is 500G, and preferably supports both usb and
> > firewire, but I can do without the firewire.  If it had a usuable encryption
> > option that would also be swell.
> >
> > I've done some searches and I find drives that OS X and Solaris compatible
> > out of the box but none yet that support linux.
> >
> > I know I can just reformat the drive and all, but given the magnitude of
> > the work I need this for, I want to have to do as little as possible to the
> > drives before I can use them.

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Even better, how about a USB enclosure - they're usually
pretty generic, and some may even suppor firewire.

-- 
Tom Rhodes