GlobeTrotter: Mandrake-based 40GB Linux Mobile Desktop

Posted by timothy on Saturday August 28, 2004 @10:38AM from the if-you-can-boot-from-usb dept.

joestar writes "Mandrakesoft & LaCie have just launched "GlobeTrotter", a ultra-compact 40 GB bootable USB hard-drive pre-loaded with Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official. It may be plugged to any available PC with a USB 1 or USB 2 port, automatically recognizes the host-PC's hardware, and then is ready to use. Multiple uses can be imagined, from the office/internet workstation to the multimedia jukebox! The concept is quite similar to Mandrakemove, excepted that it's way more powerful than a USB-key based system! And for $219 it's a credible alternative to a laptop."

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Re:Imagine... by bhtooefr · 2004-08-28 13:39 · Score: 0, Redundant

Well, can you do a USB RAID on x86 hardware? I've read about a five-USB-floppy OS X (IIRC, it might have been OS 9) RAID, but never anything on x86.

Of course, a two-JumpDrive RAID 0 might be kinda nice, especially if one only has USB1.1...