2009/1/15 David King :
> Actually the max partition size for FAT32 is around 2 TB, which is a lot
> more than your 160 GB.
>
> However, if you were using Windows, its partition formatter does not
> allow you to format FAT32 partitions that big, probably because MS want
> everyone to use NTFS (espec
2009/1/15 David King :
> Actually the max partition size for FAT32 is around 2 TB, which is a lot
> more than your 160 GB.
>
> However, if you were using Windows, its partition formatter does not
> allow you to format FAT32 partitions that big, probably because MS want
> everyone to use NTFS (espec
Actually the max partition size for FAT32 is around 2 TB, which is a lot
more than your 160 GB.
However, if you were using Windows, its partition formatter does not
allow you to format FAT32 partitions that big, probably because MS want
everyone to use NTFS (especially in the days when Linux co
2009/1/14 Neil Greenwood :
> Hello all,
>
> I've just bought a LaCie USB hard disk. It had a Windows-only setup
> program that installed the manuals and some software onto the newly
> formatted NTFS partition.
>
> When I plug it into my Ubuntu box, I get an error message saying that
> the disk coul
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:32:29 -, Neil Greenwood
wrote:
> Hello all,
> ...
> When I plug it into my Ubuntu box, I get an error message saying that
> the disk could not be mounted because of an $MFT error. It suggests
> running CHKDSK /F and rebooting twice under Windows.
>
> However, I don't h
Most errors I get in Ubuntu with NTFS are solved by forcing it to
mount. Theres a flag or something as part of NTFS and if it is flagged
then the filesystem could be borked.
Most of the time it isn't, and forcing it to mount works fine.
Kind of a non-problem in Ubuntu, just format as ext3 and be
2009/1/14 Michael Holloway :
> Hi
>
> To be honest, if you don't have windows, you might as well format the
> disc as EXT3, or even FAT32 if you are think you might be plugging into
> a windows machine at some time. I don't 100% trust using NTFS under
> Linux, and the problem you have come across h
Hi
To be honest, if you don't have windows, you might as well format the
disc as EXT3, or even FAT32 if you are think you might be plugging into
a windows machine at some time. I don't 100% trust using NTFS under
Linux, and the problem you have come across here supports that.
Also, am I missing s
On 14/01/2009 08:32, Neil Greenwood wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've just bought a LaCie USB hard disk. It had a Windows-only setup
> program that installed the manuals and some software onto the newly
> formatted NTFS partition.
>
> When I plug it into my Ubuntu box, I get an error message saying that
Hello all,
I've just bought a LaCie USB hard disk. It had a Windows-only setup
program that installed the manuals and some software onto the newly
formatted NTFS partition.
When I plug it into my Ubuntu box, I get an error message saying that
the disk could not be mounted because of an $MFT error
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