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I intend to get a USB 2. 0 external Mobile Hard Disk Box to fit in my old Western Digital HDD. Would this be compatible with GNU/Linux?.

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I intend to get a USB 2.0 external Mobile Hard Disk Box to fit in my old Western Digital HDD. Would this be compatible with GNU/Linux?

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Originally posted by iamroot:

Quote:I intend to get a USB 2.0 external Mobile Hard Disk Box to fit in my old Western Digital HDD. Would this be compatible with GNU/Linux? 
I got a 3.5 inch for an old laptop HDD from newegg.com and it works perfectly in linux. Not so good in Mac OSX though, go figure.
 
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If you have USB 2.0 compliant USB ports in your box, it should be no problem.
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