On Mon, 17 Jul, 2006 at 02:52PM -0400, Dave Phillips spake thus: > Mark Knecht wrote: > > >I have no problem with this recommendation from Thomas. I've not used > >eSATA ut I expect it' performance it pretty good. I know nothing about > >the implementation team for that technology. There doesn't seem to be > >much happening with 1394 development these days. I use it because I > >have the drives and have industry experience, not because it's the > >best technology. Do some searching around on your own and figure out > >what works for you. An internal drive is goig to be the least painful > >from a Linux POV. If you have no need to move your sessions around to > >different locations then I wouldn't bother with any external drive > >based on my personal Linux experience. > > Many thanks to everyone again, I'm learning more than I bargained for. ;) > > The mobo does have a 1394 connector, but there's no need at this time to > consider an external drive, I'm okay with the standard internal > installation. > > Now I return to meditating upon the installation distro of choice... > > Chantingly, Meditation... chanting... Is that a hint? Are you thinking of going for Source Mage? I still recommend gentoo, btw. :) James > dp > >
