Re: [PLUG] USB hard drive size limit?

[McLinux <mclinux@myrealbox.com>]

Hmm I think I will share my experience with you. I have a USB HDD enclosure that has 60 GB disk in it. I have two PC's. One that is a PIV-2.8Ghz, 846 and another is i810, PIII-500Mbps. I use the USB enclosure to store DV captured files that are in the tune of GBs. On Win* there is no option but you hafta make sure the file size remains below 4GB mark. On ext3 there is no such problem. However the biggest problem that I have faced is the file transfer. On a PIV a file transfer of size 3GB takes less than 5 mins, but the same on PIII( USB 1.1) will take around 35 min. I tried putting PCI USB 2.0 card in i810 but of no use ( may be the problem with chipset ALi).

Please make sure that the disk is formatted before you put in the USB enclosure.

Thanks
-McLinux


high_desert wrote:

> Is there a size limit for an external USB hard drive on Linux? I have a
> Debian file and print server on the home LAN and want to add space via a
> EIDE to USB enclosure I have - but want to double check before buying. The
> WD1600JB for $91 on newegg looks tasty (low idle dBs). The server is an
> oldish laptop with one (free) USB port, connected to the printer by
> parallel.
>
> - Zake
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