how to add external hdd (iomega) Red Hat 7.3

[joewb11]

Greetings to all, I am planning to install an external device IDE HDD with 80 Gb and use it as backup, I have been thinking and I have no clue where to start?
does any one done this before? if not with iomega which HDD device? any help will do? I understand iomega does not come with linux drivers and i am running red hat 7.3

Thanks for your help

Joe

 

[ericbrunson]

What are you going to plug it into on the computer? Do you have an external IDE connector?

If you add any IDE device to the bus, it appears as /dev/hdX to the system, where X is a, b, c...

If you haven't already purchased anything, I'd recommend a USB2 or Firewire device.