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I've ordered SanDisk 1TB Extreme Portable SSD. |
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Would format it with ext4 but if I do it, it will not work with cell |
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phone. So for now I think I'll stick with exFat (default it comes |
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with). It might be OK for picture backup but my exFat will stripped |
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extended attributes from my Linux files. |
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Thelma |
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On 10/03/2018 11:58 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 8:24:52 AM CEST John Covici wrote: |
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>> On Wed, 03 Oct 2018 01:13:34 -0400, |
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>> |
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>> J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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>>> On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 6:30:12 AM CEST Davyd McColl wrote: |
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>>>> Most newer external storage devices come formatted with ntfs these days, |
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>>>> so |
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>>>> if you just want to plug-and-play, I suggest installing ntfs-3g. File |
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>>>> managers like dolphin and desktop environments like KDE will notice the |
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>>>> device and allow you to mount and use them. |
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>>>> |
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>>>> Be aware, though, that ntfs-3g, whilst being an excellent bit of |
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>>>> software |
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>>>> (imo), is not the fastest way to access those disks. If you have no need |
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>>>> to |
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>>>> move the disk to another computer or if you only plan on moving between |
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>>>> Linux computers, I suggest formatting with a native filesystem like |
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>>>> ext4. |
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>>>> Personally, I use ntfs-3g for my 4 large external disks so that I can |
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>>>> access them when I infrequently dual-boot to windows of on the |
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>>>> off-chance |
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>>>> that I would like to lend the drive to someone. I accept the performance |
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>>>> penalty. |
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>>>> |
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>>>> -d |
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>>>> |
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>>>> On October 3, 2018 05:45:58 thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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>>>>> Are all external storage, media/disk work with Linux? |
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>>>>> Any recommendations, or which one to stay away from. |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> Some of them are encrypted, so I suppose they will not work with Linux |
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>>>>> out of the box. |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> -- |
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>>>>> Thelma |
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>>> |
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>>> I would assume other desktop environments will also seamlessly work with |
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>>> ntfs-3g as that is handled by udisks. |
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>>> |
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>>> Personally, I have not noticed lesser performance with ntfs-3g with both |
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>>> reading and writing. |
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>>> |
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>>> I also have not had any issues with encrypted disks. |
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>> |
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>> I have had problems that once a disk is mounted with ntfs3g, and then |
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>> trying to use it on a Windows system, I had to do a chkdsk /f before |
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>> it would work properly. This was a while ago, so maybe things are |
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>> fixed by now, but I thought it was worth bringing it to your |
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>> attention. |
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> |
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> I only encounter this when people decide to unplug the disk without ejecting |
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> it. The eject forces a clearance of the write-cache. |
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> This is why I always get annoyed with people who simply pull out the disk/ |
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> stick right after the copy is "finished". |
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> |
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> -- |
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> Joost |
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> |
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> |
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