On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Udo Grabowski (IMK) <udo.grabow...@kit.edu> wrote: > 3. OI should concentrate on importing working new drivers for > new hardware, a lot of stuff is already out there in the > illumos cloud and elsewhere and just needs to be packaged. > Otherwise, we will quickly loose users since no hardware will > be left where OI will run without problems or hassles like we have > now. This all reminds me of the early years of Linux... USB 3 should > be of maximum priority now, e.g., shortly before Christmas it was > really difficult to find any external HDDs that do NOT rely on USB 3. > It seems that it will (or already does) completely dominate the market > for external small scale storage in less than a few months.
USB 3 external hard drives will connect to USB 2 ports just fine, albeit at USB 2 speeds. I'm not sure why you want to avoid buying a USB 3 hard drive, but if that's why, you should probably reconsider. - Rich _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
