maggior;343546 Wrote: > You should also format that USB drive with the native file system you > are using with xubuntu (probably ext3). I think it is OK to read from > NTFS or FAT32 on Linux, but I'm not so sure about writing. USB drives > usually come formatted FAT32, though sometimes they are pre-formatted > with NTFS. > > If you want to use a Windows PC to have access to the disc, rather than > shuttle the drive between machines, you can set up a SAMBA share on the > xubuntu machine and access the drive from the Windows machine via the > network. > > SuperQ is right - you are better off using an internal drive. If the > concern is access to other machines, use a network share, not > sneakernet :-).
Actually I disagree with this -- there's NOTHING WRONG in using Linux with external USB drives even if shared with windows. First current flavours of linux support NTFS WRITE so ensure ntfs-3g is installed -- this uses the FUSE system now built in to current kernels. find out what device the disk is (not sure on ubuntu but SUSE has a "My Computer" icon which gives you this info. The start up log will also display it for you. Just say it is /dev/sdb2. create any old mount point on say your home drive /home/extusb mount the disk as follows mount -t ntfs-3g -o rw /dev/sdb2 /home/extusb now your squeezebox should easily find the drive. (Normal USB mounts are usually dynamically mounted via supermount which causes a real pain with these type of applications). I use a WD passport 320 GB external USB drive for music --this is a small pocket size disk that easily fits into a pocket and doesn't need any extra power supply. Easy to switch between machines -- especially laptops when you are travelling. Cheers -J -- jimbo45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52956 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
