Re: USB - IDE Adapters/Enclosures

From: Bob Tennent (BobT_at_cs.queensu.ca)
Date: 09/16/04 

Date: 16 Sep 2004 17:52:57 GMT

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:42:40 +0200, Hognoxious wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a USB adapter or enclosure that will work with linux (I
> use redhat 7.1 - yes it's old, I won't bore you with the reason why)

Don't do it. Upgrade to a recent kernel at least. I won't bore you with
the reason why.

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