Suggestions for an external firewire/USB drive

[PålSommerhein]

Tony Chang <tychang1 at uiuc.edu> writes:

> On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Paul Sommerhein wrote:
> 
> > I am looking for an external firewire/USB drive >= 200 GB to
> > go with FreeBSD-4.8.
> 
> I bought an external IDE enclosure that connects via firewire. 
> It works fine with any IDE drive (CD-RW, HDD, whatever).  They
> run about 50-60$ last time I checked, and add another 175$+ for
> a 200GB+ HDD.  I haven't had any problems with this setup.

Thanks, interesting solution!  Could I ask what brand/model?

Otherwise I am a little concerned about how robust this combo is when
using it "on the road" as I plan to do.

Best,
Paul