Re: usb mass storage -> which fs

2006-06-11 Thread marelin
hdparm -y or -Y maybe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: usb mass storage -> which fs

2006-05-23 Thread George Hein
fs: VFAT should be OK although I have had some problems with both Linux and WinJunk accessing same. Alwayw have a backup if data is crucial. spindown: I used USB-HD many many times, never a problem, never spun it down, but never, never disconnect without unmounting. I am not a Win user gener

Re: usb mass storage -> which fs

2006-05-22 Thread Stefan Srdic
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > >> On a side note, does anybody have any recommendations on how-to spin >> down the hdd (as a user) prior to disconnecting it? > > > Well, I usually just unmount my usb disk and unplug it. It spins down > alone, once it's off power. Is there something wrong with this?

Re: usb mass storage -> which fs

2006-05-22 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Thanks for the input. I created a LBA FAT 32 partition using cfdisk and then formated it with mkfs.vfat. Everything seems to be working fine. I will have access to a Microsoft laptop some time next week, I will test the hdd's compatibility then. It should work. Usually it's the best solution to

Re: usb mass storage -> which fs

2006-05-19 Thread Stefan Srdic
Charles Muller wrote: > > Win2000 and XP will allow either FAT32 (vfat for Linux) or NTFS, > although if you happened to try to format the drive from one of these > OS's it will try to force you to use NTFS for any sector larger than > 32 GB. But you can you format the drive using a different tool

Re: usb mass storage -> which fs

2006-05-19 Thread Charles Muller
Stefan Srdic wrote: I purchased a USB 2.0 hdd enclosure along with a 80GB toshiba laptop harddrive. I plan on using this USB HDD for storing large media files. I also plan on using this enclosure to facilitate the transfer of files between my laptop and other PC's. Which file system would be

Re: usb mass storage -> which fs

2006-05-19 Thread Hector Scaramelli
Stefan Srdic wrote: >Hey, > >I purchased a USB 2.0 hdd enclosure along with a 80GB toshiba laptop >harddrive. I plan on using this USB HDD for storing large media files. I >also plan on using this enclosure to facilitate the transfer of files >between my laptop and other PC's. > >Which file

usb mass storage -> which fs

2006-05-19 Thread Stefan Srdic
Hey, I purchased a USB 2.0 hdd enclosure along with a 80GB toshiba laptop harddrive. I plan on using this USB HDD for storing large media files. I also plan on using this enclosure to facilitate the transfer of files between my laptop and other PC's. Which file system would be best suitable