[Eug-lug] External SATA

[Allen Brown]

On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Garl Grigsby wrote:

> Garl Grigsby wrote:
> 
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> While I know it is in poor taste to reply to your own posts, here is 
> what I have found through further research.

Then I am frequently in poor taste.  Who made that silly rule anyway?

> USB 2.0 for external harddrives seems to be hit and miss. There are some 

More generally, USB2.0 is hit-or-miss under Linux.  Someday it will
work.  Not today.  It has nothing to do with external harddrives.

> I am just now starting to dig into Firewire. I have found that the 
> Oxford 911 chipset (ide to firewire bridge) appears to be well 
> supported. Now I simply need to find a external case that uses this 
> chipset and a Firewire card that has solid Linux support.
> 
> Comments appreciated.
> Garl

>From what I have heard, firewire is also hit-or-miss.  Once you get
a working connection, it is great.  But that may involve selecting
each of the components to work together.  Of course, that is no
different from USB2.0.

I suspect what you are looking for does not exist yet: a connection
scheme that actually works.  A standard that is actually followed
by the manufacturers.
--
Allen Brown
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