[juneau-lug] Re: Will it spin?

  • From: Justin Burket <zorton@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 15:41:10 -0900

He might have to recompile the kernel to support firewire stuff if he's 
running 2.4 series.
Check out this page:
http://www.linux1394.org/

There is a very handy script out there for rescanning the SCSI bus that 
comes in useful when working with firewire stuff.

Justin

On Mar 27, 2004, at 12:50 PM, Jeremy C. Hansen wrote:

> There is nothing wrong with that, he can format the disk any way he
> wishes... Probably ext3, but if you are going to run Samba I recommend 
> using
> ReiserFS or XFS (support for POSIX style ACLs).
>
> Sincerely,
> Jeremy C. Hansen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: juneau-lug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:juneau-lug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamie
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 11:32 AM
> To: JLUG
> Subject: [juneau-lug] Will it spin?
>
> I've got a buddy who wants to try the new Lacie "Bigger Disk" (1
> terabyte, $1200) http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10118
> under RH Ent.
> The ad copy states:
>
>     LaCie Bigger Disk can be connected to any computer equipped with
>     FireWire 800, FireWire 400, iLink/DV, Hi-Speed USB 2.0 or USB 1.1
>
>     this device requires no driver or software installation for Windows
>     XP and Mac OS X users
>
> In addition, he wants to run Samba on top of it.  So which file system
> should he use?
> Any other comments / suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> -Jamie
>
>
>
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