On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:01:43 +1200 Robert Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 2:48:40 pm Nick Rout wrote: > > Just looking for a little guidance on the best way to partition and > > format a 160G 2.5 inch USB2 portable hard drive. > > > > Most flash disks are formatted with some version of FAT, for maximum > > compatibility and of course FAT works fine with linux. But I am > > confused about maximum filesystem size on FAT partitions, and I don't > > want a whole lot of small partitions. Any of the linux filesystems > > will reduce compatibility with windows machines. > > > > Brilliant war stories anyone? > > Easy when you know how. > > From my Linux notes > > To set up my USB Portable Hard drive enclosure. > Create ntfs partion with > cfdisk /dev/sdc > > Format ntfs partition with > mkfs.ntfs /dev/sdc1 -L portable (portable = volume name) > > Mount drive (writable) with > mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usbdrive/ -o force > (Having first created folder /mnt/usbdrive) > or for my pocket drive..... > mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdc5 /mnt/usbpocket/ -o force > > My bak backup...... > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# rsync -urC --delete /mnt/bak/ /mnt/usbpocket/bak/ > > -- > > Regards, Robert > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Fisher > (aka - Rob, Bob, Robbie, Robbo, Fish) > > Phone: 03 383 5807 > Mobile: 027 228 4698 > www.fisher.net.nz I've found that using ntfs-3g under linux is both painfully slow and (cpu) time consuming... Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
