[LUNI] USB connected disk drive - connecting to Windows and Linux

[Stephan V Bechtolsheim]

I have an HP notebook computer (running Windows XP) to which I want to connect a USB portable / external hard drive.
That same USB portable hard drive I want to also be able to connect to a Linux computer for the purpose of backing it up
(using rsync).

Anyone done that? Any suggestions how?

Thank you!

StvB

P.S. I have to admit that I am being lazy here in that I did not research the subject by myself at all. It's Sunday morning and right now I feel more like drinking coffee and reading my paper and not googling it ..... I was thinking though that that should work ......