On Monday 24 March 2003 10:54 pm, Jack Bowling wrote: > ** Reply to message from Stephen Carville <carville@xxxxxxx> on Mon, 24 Mar 2003 20:23:38 -0800 > > > I have been looking at getting an external USB drive for backing up > > files on my home network and I see the Maxtor 3000LE (120 GB) is > > selling for around $200 FRN's. I know the Linux kernel supports USB > > but how well does it work? I've read some horror stories about > > poorly designed devices that do not support the specification well > > and make up for their sins by diddling the drivers -- an option not > > easily available in Linux. > > FWIW, I have two USB 2 devices, an Epson scanner and a 6-in-1 card reader, and they both installed and work flawlessly. That was useful information. Thank you. -- Stephen Carville http://www.heronforge.net/~stephen/gnupgkey.txt =========================================== The difference between robbery and taxes is simple: The first is someone threatening to hurt you if you do not give them your money. The second is legal. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
