2009/8/3 Paul E Condon :
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> To discover the device name and partition name that the kernel wants
> you to use for the HDD, run 'ls -l /dev/sd*'
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> If this give more than two lines of output, unplug whatever other USB
> devices you are running and repeat. If you still have more than two
> lines, g
hce:
IMHO, previous responses are leave out some stuff that,
if youv'e done before, will seem obvious, but which had
me stumped long ago when I first did it. See below.
On 2009-08-02_21:25:43, hce wrote:
> Thanks Johannes and all responses. That's great help.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Jupiter
>
> On Sun
Thanks Johannes and all responses. That's great help.
Cheers.
Jupiter
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Johannes
Wiedersich wrote:
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> hce wrote:
>> I bought an external disk (1 BT) and I am only connecting it to a
>> Debian box, not window. Is it
hce> Hi, I bought an external disk (1 BT) and I am only connecting it
hce> to a Debian box, not window. Is it a good idea to re-fomat it by
hce> ext3? Has anyone done it? What is the procedure and commands to do
hce> it? Anything I should be aware of not demage it?
If you bought a new HDD, it
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Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 2009-08-02 04:05, hce wrote:
>> I bought an external disk (1 BT) and I am only connecting it to a
>> Debian box, not window. Is it a good idea to re-fomat it by ext3?
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> Turn it on, plug it in and treat it like you'd treat
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hce wrote:
> I bought an external disk (1 BT) and I am only connecting it to a
> Debian box, not window. Is it a good idea to re-fomat it by ext3?
Yes. I consider ext3 to be more reliable than the vfat or ntfs that are
typically used for preformated
On 2009-08-02 04:05, hce wrote:
Hi,
I bought an external disk (1 BT) and I am only connecting it to a
Debian box, not window. Is it a good idea to re-fomat it by ext3?
Sure, unless you have an urge to use vfat or ntfs-3g.
Presuming, of course that it's already formatted. In which case
it's
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