I use a passive aluminium external hd case and it is pretty quiet... I have found seagate drives have the lowest noise output... everything is compatible. On Tue, 2006-12-26 at 17:25 -0800, Allan Zr wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I am in need of an external hard drive for my laptop. (IBM t42p) > > Is there any consensus on current quality/low noise options that work > with Linux, or trustworthy sites with specs for different > makes/models? > > At this point I'm planning on a reasonable (<300Gb) usb2 disk, as the > t42 doesn't have firewire. I can settle for a lot less that 300Gb. > Should I consider other options? (1394 pcmcia card etc.) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user