[NTLUG:Discuss] Format For External Storage

[Burton Strauss III]

You may find the disk is factory-fresh formatted as NTFS/HPFS and would want
to reformat from that.

Ext4 would probably be the best sole-Linux format.
For the occasions interchange with other OSes, FAT32 is probably the most
widespread.

(let the partition format wars begin...)

-----Burton

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org] On Behalf
Of Bobby Sanders
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 8:12 AM
To: NTLUG Discussion List
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Format For External Storage

Just purchased a new external HD to use solely for backup storage for my
Linux computers.  It has tons of Windows crud on it.  I never use
Windows, but some of the family does.  It will not be used to backup
those machines, but there may come a time in the future when someone
will need to access this device from a windoze machine.

I need your advice and/or recommendations as to how to prepare this
drive for its designated purpose.  Don't need "step by step"
instructions just suggestions and reasons for what choices to make.  Of
course, I could leave it "as is" and just start using it.

Thanks,

Bobby Sanders

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