[PLUG] USB hard drives and Linux

[Kurt Sussman]

Carla Schroder (carla at bratgrrl.com) typed this ...
> I want to buy an external USB hard drive to use for quick backups on my Linux 
> boxens- are there any Linux gotchas with these? Can I buy one without 
> worrying if it's going to work on Linux?

Yes, they will just work. 

However, the 'one-button backup' stuff seems to be Windows-only. Please
let me know if this is not the case for you; I've never seen that button
do anything under Linux.

--Kurt
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