Re: [gentoo-user] external storage

2018-10-04 Thread thelma
I've ordered SanDisk 1TB Extreme Portable SSD. Would format it with ext4 but if I do it, it will not work with cell phone. So for now I think I'll stick with exFat (default it comes with). It might be OK for picture backup but my exFat will stripped extended attributes from my Linux files.

Re: [gentoo-user] external storage

2018-10-03 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 8:24:52 AM CEST John Covici wrote: > On Wed, 03 Oct 2018 01:13:34 -0400, > > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 6:30:12 AM CEST Davyd McColl wrote: > > > Most newer external storage devices come formatted with ntfs these days, > > > so > > > if you

Re: [gentoo-user] external storage

2018-10-03 Thread Mick
On Wednesday, 3 October 2018 07:24:52 BST John Covici wrote: > On Wed, 03 Oct 2018 01:13:34 -0400, > > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 6:30:12 AM CEST Davyd McColl wrote: > > > Most newer external storage devices come formatted with ntfs these days, > > > so > > > if you

Re: [gentoo-user] external storage

2018-10-03 Thread John Covici
On Wed, 03 Oct 2018 01:13:34 -0400, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 6:30:12 AM CEST Davyd McColl wrote: > > Most newer external storage devices come formatted with ntfs these days, so > > if you just want to plug-and-play, I suggest installing ntfs-3g. File > > managers like

Re: [gentoo-user] external storage

2018-10-02 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 6:30:12 AM CEST Davyd McColl wrote: > Most newer external storage devices come formatted with ntfs these days, so > if you just want to plug-and-play, I suggest installing ntfs-3g. File > managers like dolphin and desktop environments like KDE will notice the > device

Re: [gentoo-user] external storage

2018-10-02 Thread Davyd McColl
Most newer external storage devices come formatted with ntfs these days, so if you just want to plug-and-play, I suggest installing ntfs-3g. File managers like dolphin and desktop environments like KDE will notice the device and allow you to mount and use them. Be aware, though, that ntfs-3g,

[gentoo-user] external storage

2018-10-02 Thread thelma
Are all external storage, media/disk work with Linux? Any recommendations, or which one to stay away from. Some of them are encrypted, so I suppose they will not work with Linux out of the box. -- Thelma