[ale] USB IDE enclosure

[James P. Kinney III]

On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 14:14, Bjorn Dittmer-Roche wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 16:49, John Wells wrote:
> >> Guys,
> >>
> >> Looking for a USB (and possibly firewire) IDE enclosure that plays well
> >> and easily with Linux.  Any recommendations?
> >
> > Delta Computers on Tilly Mill Rd near the Home Depot has a good
> > selection of basic, no-frills, USB HD enclosures for both 3.5" and 2.5"
> > drives. Good prices, too.
> >
> > As long as the corresponding USB support is a kernel module or compiled
> > in, it "just works".
> 
> I have one that does not "just work" under Linux. I used to use in 
> FreeBSD, but then I discoved it was the cause of my (previously believed 
> to be unrealated) kernel panics. A little googling revealed that it was 
> the chipset and the device works great on windows. I haven't tried it with 
> a 2.6 kernel, though.

I stand corrected. There are several device chips that are just crap
only work with some cludge foo in M$. 

> 
>  	bjorn
> 
> 
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