On 2011-08-16 18:31 +0200, Rick Pasotto wrote: > I recently acquired a 2TB SATA HD that I have not yet installed. It will > be used entirely to store media files. Would there be any problems in > formating the entire disk (no partitions) as an EXT4 file system?
That is certainly possible, but a bit inflexible. Using a partition table (classic DOS-compatible or GPT) might be better. > Any other considerations? You probably want to run tune2fs(8) with the -m, -c and -i options on the newly created filesystem, since the mke2fs defaults are not really optimal for such big disks. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/871uwlgr6z....@turtle.gmx.de
