On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Andy Braben <andybra...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have an external hard disk with bootable ubuntu on it, and I can > boot that and use it perfectly connected only via USB. There is no > mains power that can be attached to it.
What size hard disk drive does it have in it? Not capacity, physical drive size. I am betting it's 2½". 3½" hard disk drives draw too much power to run them off USB alone. -- Liam Proven • Info & profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
