[Wylug-help] External USB Disk

[Jim Jackson]

On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, Smylers wrote:

> Hi there.  I'm thinking of getting am external USB disk, such as this
> one from Buffalo with 1 Tb of storage for ?70:
>
>  http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=33798
>
> When I get it, what filesystem should I use?
>
> Mostly I'll be using it with Linux, but it would be nice to have the
> option of taking it elsewhere and connecting it to others' computers,
> including those running other operating systems.

It depends what your envisioned use is. Is it for showing pictures or 
similar on other peoples machines? If so maybe partition it. Create a 
FATwhatever partition for this use. Use another partition(s) for linux 
use backups etc? Always carry a linux bootable CD/USBstick for those times
you need to move files from linux to fat partition?

> Is Fat32 viable with such big disks?  Is Linux's NTFS support any good
> these days?
>
> Does using a Windows-compatible filesystem mean that a file loses Unixy
> things such as the execute flag when copied to the disk and back again?
>
> Cheers.
>
> Smylers
>
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