[mdlug] mdlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 33

[Aaron Kulkis]

Elisa Gomez wrote:
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:23:36 -0500
>> From: David Relson <relson at osagesoftware.com>
>> Subject: Re: [mdlug] External Hard Drives: Mounting,
>> Unmounting,
>> 	Partial Mounting?
>> To: MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
>> Message-ID:
>> <20080120132336.328275d3 at osage.osagesoftware.com>
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>>
>> On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:20:55 -0800 (PST)
>> Elisa Gomez wrote:
>>
>>> Elisa Gomez wrote:
>>>> But for whatever reason, Ubuntu (Gutsy) seems to
>>> only
>>>> be partially recognizing the drive. I've
>> labelled it
>>>> (msdos) and formatted it (ext2) with gparted.
>> Elisa,
>>
>> I'm coming late to this thread, so I may be
>> repeating something already
>> said....
>>
>> A few weeks ago I read that some NAS devices
>> dismount/remount whenever
>> they suspend.  This works fine under Windoze but not
>> Linux.  With Linux
>> the dismount/remount behavior changes the device
>> from /dev/sda
>> to /dev/sdb to /dev/sdc ... and Linux doesn't handle
>> this.  If memory
>> serves, the problem is with Seagate's new line of
>> NAS devices.   Who's
>> the drive manufacturer?  
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> David
>>
> 
> Some company I've never heard of:
> http://www.iomagic.com/
> 

They're reputable.

> My mom bought this for me as a gift, so I'm just
> grateful that she really bought an external drive with
> a large storage capacity.
> 
> These are the specs they provide on their website for
> the drive I have:
> 
> Average Access  	Read 8ms
> Write 9ms
> Average Seek Time 	8ms
> Buffer 	8mb
> Compatibility 	Windows XP/2000/ME
> Data Transfer Rate 	480MB/sec USB 2.0
> Hard Drive Capacity 	320GB
> Hard Drive Interface 	Ultra ATA 100
> Hard Drive Speed 	7200rpm
> Interface Type 	USB 2.0


It's USB 2.0, so it will work satisfactorily.