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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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> 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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> 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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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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Joost |
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