[ale] NAS

[Mike Harrison]

> You know how long it takes to to fsck a 120gb partition on usb 1.1?
> On 2.0 I keep getting error messages "refusing I/O to dead device".
> If I dropped it to 1.1 it would work but be too slow to be usable.

I use an external USB/FireWire drive for backups and such,
and I feel compelled to say: FireWire Rocks! - Fast and Smooth.
I even have an extrenal FireWire DVD Burner.. It rocks under Linux or 
M$-Crap.