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External Hard Drives - hazerty - 01-04-2017
hello and happy new years every one.
I have a 1to external USB hard drives and ubuntu OS on SD card
I would like to know If I can plug it to the USB port with 2A power supply. it will be start well or not or I must to change power supply?
thank you.
RE: External Hard Drives - MarkHaysHarris777 - 01-04-2017
(01-04-2017, 10:21 AM)hazerty Wrote: hello and happy new years every one.
I have a 1to external USB hard drives and ubuntu OS on SD card
I would like to know If I can plug it to the USB port with 2A power supply. it will be start well or not or I must to change power supply?
thank you.
You will need to use a powered hub; or else provide external power to the drive ( there are many ways to do this ).
RE: External Hard Drives - jjmgryphon - 01-05-2017
This is discussed in length on:
http://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=783
Just a FYI
RE: External Hard Drives - cursebreaker - 01-10-2017
I bought a 7 USB 3.0 hub with external power and it works fine now. The hub is running on 5V 500mA
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