Fedora 17 and USB 3.0

[Tommy Pham]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Jim <binarynut at comcast.net> wrote:
> On 06/28/2012 08:42 PM, Tom Horsley wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:27:25 -0400
>> Jim wrote:
>>
>>> Is Fedora 17 compatible with USB-3.0 ?
>>
>> I've been using a USB3 external backup drive with no problems
>> since fedora 16 (which is around the time I got a new system
>> that had USB3 ports in it).
>
> Thanks for the info Tom.
>
> I will be installing F17 on a friends Computer that has USB-3 ports on it
> and I wanted to be sure.
>
> I would imagine that those 3.0 ports are backward compatible with USB-2
> devices.
>
>

Since there are many USB3 chipset manufacturer, why don't you download
a live disc of Fedora and run that with an external USB3 storage
device before install.  If you have USB3 connectivity, you should get
around 60-80 MBs.  USB2 gets about ~20-30 MBs.