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October 4th, 2008, 07:37 AM
I'm making one of those "hard drive in a funny case" projects. You know, like hiding a hard drive in an NES case, or putting a thumb drive inside an old shoe. I've got a little IDE laptop hard drive I salvaged from a broken computer. The IDE is a problem of course. Any respectable "hard drive in a funny case" project will use usb to make the drive totally portable.
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BLK-CX-HD2504AU&cpc=SCH
Well check this out! A USB enclosure for IDE laptop drives, and it doesn't require an external power supply. I could just swap out their ugly black case for something more humorous, like an outdated history textbook, or a stuffed squirrel. But I'm a little nervous about that "driver cd" that comes with the thing. It says it only works on mac and windows. Not linux!
HOLD UP! You mean I can't just plug this in? It needs drivers? I sort of assumed that the enclosure would meet standards for external usb drives, and just show up as a generic usb removable drive.
Then again, companies are always throwing in crap you don't need, like useless drivers that are only necessary on very old operating systems. Maybe this thing will show up as a generic usb removable drive. And if that is the case, then Ubuntu should have no problem recognizing my hard-drive-in-a-stuffed-squirrel. But if not, I'm stuck with mac and windows (eewwww).
So I'm asking you folks: Have you ever used an ide to usb enclosure? in general do they show up as a generic usb drive, or do they require the use of special drivers. What has been your success using ubuntu with these types of drive enclosures?
Also, what wacky case do you think I should hide my drive in? A cookie tin? A teddy bear? A larger, uglier looking hard drive? Tell me your ideas.
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BLK-CX-HD2504AU&cpc=SCH
Well check this out! A USB enclosure for IDE laptop drives, and it doesn't require an external power supply. I could just swap out their ugly black case for something more humorous, like an outdated history textbook, or a stuffed squirrel. But I'm a little nervous about that "driver cd" that comes with the thing. It says it only works on mac and windows. Not linux!
HOLD UP! You mean I can't just plug this in? It needs drivers? I sort of assumed that the enclosure would meet standards for external usb drives, and just show up as a generic usb removable drive.
Then again, companies are always throwing in crap you don't need, like useless drivers that are only necessary on very old operating systems. Maybe this thing will show up as a generic usb removable drive. And if that is the case, then Ubuntu should have no problem recognizing my hard-drive-in-a-stuffed-squirrel. But if not, I'm stuck with mac and windows (eewwww).
So I'm asking you folks: Have you ever used an ide to usb enclosure? in general do they show up as a generic usb drive, or do they require the use of special drivers. What has been your success using ubuntu with these types of drive enclosures?
Also, what wacky case do you think I should hide my drive in? A cookie tin? A teddy bear? A larger, uglier looking hard drive? Tell me your ideas.