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Re: External Enclosures for 2.5" IDE Hard Drives

From: Bram Van Dam (bramvandampandora.be)
Date: Sat Apr 02 2005 - 12:37:56 CST


Constantine A. Murenin wrote:
> Does OpenBSD support any USB 2.0 and/or Firewire external enclosures?
> I am thinking of using one such enclosure 24/7 as the boot and runtime
> source for my multipurpose home server.

Why don't you buy a 2.5"->3.5" HD convertor instead? They sell them, for
example, at mini-itx.com. They're a lot cheaper than messing about with
USB enclosuers. That, and at least you'll know that IDE works fine.