Hi We just bought a few of these: The SKU numbers for the items you are looking for are PCItoIEEE1394card <http://www.esystor.com/shop/IPS003.asp?ProCd=PCItoIEEE1394card&LClssCd=001& LClssNm=Computers&MClssCd=025&MClssNm=USB/IEEE%20Hard%20Drives> and FWEX-IBMHD120G <http://www.esystor.com/shop/IPS003.asp?ProCd=FWEX-IBMHD120G&LClssCd=001&LCl ssNm=Computers&MClssCd=025&MClssNm=USB/IEEE%20Hard%20Drives> . Ed Hoeffner -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of jeffr at odeon.net Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 12:57 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [TCLUG] removable storage options There are many such devices for USB 1.1/2.0 and firewire. Here's a link to a place that sells them online: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=92&manu factory=1281&DEPA=1&sortby=14&order=1 They have models that will hold a 3.5" or a 5.25" EIDE device, as well as smaller models that will hold 2.5" laptop hard drives. www.directron.com most likely has them too. It might be worth checking at General Nanosystems (nanosys1.com) and at Tran Micro (www.tranmicro.com), both of which are on University in Minneapolis. Actually, a quick peek at General Nanosystems website shows that they have the larger ones. http://www.nanosys1.com/storage-usb-firewire-drives.html Looks like about $60 plus the price of the drive. They appear to have a 40 gig Seagate drive for about $70. $130 for a 40 gig USB 2.0 external hard drive isn't bad at all. I have used a USB 1.1 version of this sort of product with linux without trouble. It just looked like a USB storage device to the OS, just like my Sandisk CF card reader. CompUSA can be fun to browse at, but I generally find a better variety of hardware and prices at General Nanosystems or Tran Micro. Jeff On 20 Sep 2002, Chris Frederick wrote: > I'm looking for some removable storage, primarily for distro-isos. I > don't want to store them on the laptop, but I do want to keep them on > some removable device that I can plug into the laptop and transfer the > needed isos. Nows the hard part. I have a couple options that look > promising. > > 1. USB 2.0 hard drive. I'd need to get a pcmcia card for this and > figure out how big a storage unit I would need. I've read the USB 2.0 > support document (thx tim) and other than the support for the actual > pcmcia card, this looks like it could work well with (probably) only > minor issues. > 2. I ran into a neat little toy at CompUSA that uses a Firewire > connection and allows you to basically have an external IDE bay. This > looks promising in that I can get a standard HD (much cheaper than the > USBs, or laptops), and if I needed to do more storage options, any IDE > device would hook up to this. My problem with this is Linux support. > I've never heard of this device before, and I don't know how linux would > use this. Would it be loaded as an IDE bay, or would I have to mess > with FireWire settings and such? > > Just wondering if anyone here has any advice for some removable storage > on a laptop, or just want to share some success/horror stories. > > Thanks again. > Chris Frederick > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list