[Tfug] Portable USB hard drive

[erich]

Thanks,
      That's an interesting comment about FAT32. I have various flavors 
of Linux and
DOS, and I transfer files between them with ftp so file format 
compatibility  is a
sort of a non-issue. I have experience with jfs so I will  probably 
format with that.
(mkfs.jfs /dev/[whatever])
      Movies are typically in excess of 5G filesize , and they gobble up 
disk
space in a hurry.

                                                                         
Cheers,
                                                                         
Erich
Jim March wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 11:08 AM, erich<erich1 at copper.net> wrote:
>   
>> A WD "My Book" that is.
>>
>>              I want to store movies/videos on it. Unfortunately it's comes
>> pre-formatted
>> with  [Id =  c] W95 FAT32 (LBA) ,and that doesn't take file sizes > 4G. You
>> call the store,
>> (SWS), and they say "format it with [Id = 86] NTFS". But I wonder if it's
>> better to  just
>> go ahead and format it with plain old [Id = 83] Linux. Any thoughts?
>>
>>
>> Erich
>>     
>
> I always reformat new drives.  I'll usually split it up:
>
> * Main chunk will be Ext3 (Ext4 soon if the support in Karmic looks OK).
>
> * A smaller chunk in Fat32 just because it's a universal format usable
> between Mac/Win/Linux.
>
> * IF I need to store a huge pile of small files, ReiserFS starts to make sense.
>
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