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,
dp
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