Re: external drive
On 2008-03-30, user <unknown@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm looking into a purchasing an external USB drive
to put PCLinux OS on it and the use it with a different computer
to boot from it.
Should that be powered by USB or direct power is better ?
Unless your host power supply has plenty of extra capacity I'd go with
self-powered.
The only compelling reason to go with bus-powered is if you have to use
it where there is no access to line power, e.g. a laptop. But be aware
that running a bus-powered drive from your laptop on battery power will
discharge your laptop battery more rapidly.
What brand/model would you recommend ?
I'd just buy a case and a hard drive and assemble it myself. It's
generally cheaper that way, and the only things you miss out on are
having the drive preformatted as NTFS and any bundled software. Neither
of these are likely to be useful with linux -- you'd want a native
linux filesystem instead of NTFS and the bundled software is likely
Windows-only.
Will I have troubles using it in Europe where power is 220V ?
If you're a North American planning on using it for occaissional trips
overseas, just buy a power adapter. If you're a European planning on
using it in Europe, just get the proper power supply for your locale in
the first place.
--
John (john@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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