On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 9:59 AM, shirish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I'm looking for using a portable external hdd which works with GNU/Linux > i.e. Debian/Ubuntu.
If you can find a external HDD which doesn't work with linux then let me know. :-P > I saw one recently the FreeAgent 250 GB but its recommended or works with > Windows and/or Mac. > > http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/external/freeagent_desktop_data_movers/ So are many more products. For most manufacturers linux either does not exist or it is something out together by bunch of kids who have nothing to do better. Some manufacturers are ignorant and some are arrogant. > I have 2-3 questions :- > > 1. This particular drive doesn't have GNU/Linux as a label. As a customer I > would prefer a product which would also be compatible with GNU/Linux, does > anybody know that? Any hard disk that has USB or FireWire interface should just work. > 2. The drive is formatted in NTFS. While I don't think there may be issue > with making it ext3 would it void the warranty? There is good support for NTFS with help of ntfg-3g in all recent distributions. So NTFS works out of box. An I would suggest not to buy from a manufacturer who voids warranty if you reformat a hard disk with different FS type. Onkar -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
