Most newer external storage devices come formatted with ntfs these days, so
if you just want to plug-and-play, I suggest installing ntfs-3g. File
managers like dolphin and desktop environments like KDE will notice the
device and allow you to mount and use them.
Be aware, though, that ntfs-3g, whilst being an excellent bit of software
(imo), is not the fastest way to access those disks. If you have no need to
move the disk to another computer or if you only plan on moving between
Linux computers, I suggest formatting with a native filesystem like ext4.
Personally, I use ntfs-3g for my 4 large external disks so that I can
access them when I infrequently dual-boot to windows of on the off-chance
that I would like to lend the drive to someone. I accept the performance
penalty.
-d
On October 3, 2018 05:45:58 the...@sys-concept.com wrote:
Are all external storage, media/disk work with Linux?
Any recommendations, or which one to stay away from.
Some of them are encrypted, so I suppose they will not work with Linux
out of the box.
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Thelma
