[lug] USB Drive Suggestions - Was "Installing Redhat on a removable device"

[Nick Golder]

On 2003-10-21 15:53 -0600, Daniel Miller wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > We are trying to install Redhat 9.0 on a USB drive (the
> > point is to have Linux installed on a drive that can be
> > shared between machines at the office and at home).
> > 
> > Booting from a USB device is not a problem--the BIOS does
> > support this.
> > 
> > The problem is that the Redhat installer does not seem to
> > pick up the USB drive (when it comes time to partition and
> > format the disk).
> > 
> > Has anyone done this successfully?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > -d
> > 
> 
> Sorry, this isn't really an answer to your question.  I'm in
> need of a USB drive that works with the Linux drivers
> already found in the kernel.  I was just curious what
> hardware you were using.  Is it supported with the default
> USB drivers found in the kernel?
> 
> Anybody else have any recommendations for USB drives that
> work with Linux?
> 

Most of the standard USB drives would use the USB Mass Storage driver in
Linux.  The more important research would go into the USB controller
chipset that your system uses.
As for the "driver already in the kernel."  I am not sure if you are
referring to the operating kernel or the kernel source.  For the
operating kernel, that is more dependent upon your distribution and what
flavor of kernel you decide to install.  As for the source, there is
nothing better than two eyes and the kernel docs.

-- 
-Nick Golder
http://www.hiveportal.net