[OpenIndiana-discuss] Dell Precision T3600 with Openindiana 151a7 ?

[Rich]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Udo Grabowski (IMK)
<udo.grabowski at 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