Re: [Ilugc] Compatibiltiy issue of Seagate External Hard drive with Linux.

2008-07-22 Thread balaji chellappan
Dear Kapil, - Original Message From: Kapil Hari Paranjape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ILUG-C Sent: Monday, 21 July, 2008 6:49:43 PM Subject: Re: [Ilugc] Compatibiltiy issue of Seagate External Hard drive with Linux. Hello, On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, balaji chellappan wrote: > In th

Re: [Ilugc] Compatibiltiy issue of Seagate External Hard drive with Linux.

2008-07-22 Thread balaji chellappan
sue of Seagate External Hard drive with Linux. On Monday 21 Jul 2008, balaji chellappan wrote: >ntioned anything about linux. It seems the disk is preformatted in > NTFS. If we reformat to ext3, can we use it in systems with Linux OS. Should not be a problem. How long has this size been i

Re: [Ilugc] Compatibiltiy issue of Seagate External Hard drive with Linux.

2008-07-21 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, balaji chellappan wrote: > In the list of OS supported, they have not mentioned anything about > linux. This seems to be a standard USB external storage device and should be usable as such. > It seems the disk is preformatted in NTFS. If we reformat to ext3, > can we

Re: [Ilugc] Compatibiltiy issue of Seagate External Hard drive with Linux.

2008-07-21 Thread Arun Khan
On Monday 21 Jul 2008, balaji chellappan wrote: >ntioned anything about linux. It seems the disk is preformatted in > NTFS. If we reformat to ext3, can we use it in systems with Linux OS. Should not be a problem. How long has this size been in the market? Hearsay, the first gen of the mega size

[Ilugc] Compatibiltiy issue of Seagate External Hard drive with Linux.

2008-07-21 Thread balaji chellappan
Dear Friends We are planning to buy 1TB external hard drive (check the link below). http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=st310005fda1e1-rk-freeagent-desktop-1tb-usb2.0-external-hd&vgnextoid=2eac2112747e9110VgnVCM10f5ee0a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=8d3f26bbdae90110VgnVCM10f5ee0a