Re: New external harddrive and 106Mb unallocated - why

2013-12-31 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/30/2013 06:46 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Dec 30, 2013, at 4:22 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: I just got a Toshiba Canvio Desk 2TB external HD that my plans are to delete the NTFS partition and put on an EXT4 one. Thing is the first 106MB are unallocated. Why? Can

New external harddrive and 106Mb unallocated - why

2013-12-30 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I just got a Toshiba Canvio Desk 2TB external HD that my plans are to delete the NTFS partition and put on an EXT4 one. Thing is the first 106MB are unallocated. Why? If this was a Chinese product, I would be worried. I actually found a 'call home' USB stick once. One MIGHT think that

Re: New external harddrive and 106Mb unallocated - why

2013-12-30 Thread Chris Murphy
On Dec 30, 2013, at 4:22 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: I just got a Toshiba Canvio Desk 2TB external HD that my plans are to delete the NTFS partition and put on an EXT4 one. Thing is the first 106MB are unallocated. Why? Can you post the results from 'parted -l

Re: New external harddrive and 106Mb unallocated - why

2013-12-30 Thread Robert Moskowitz
It was pointed out to me, off list, that I am generally targeting a country (China) for bad behaviour in this email. I apologize to people this affends. I have many colleagues in the IETF and IEEE from China and work closely with them. I am applying for a visa to attend the IEEE 802 meeting