On Sun, Feb 28, 2021, at 4:39 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, > > I have got a second hard disk on my desktop computer, which I would > like to format. My machine runs Fedora 33, and I would like to ask you > what format to adopt: the new Btrfs is advisable? > > Moreover, could you please direct me to some documentation on how to > format the hard disk? Using GParted?
Since nobody has replied I will take a shot and people can correct if needed... Btrfs seems like a good choice since it improves data integrity and is now the default for fresh Fedora installs. Best to format with a partition instead of just using the file system on the "raw" /dev/sdX, so yes for that one I guess. You can use more than one partition if you want to segregate things for any reason, like backups etc. You might also like multiple partitions if it is a very large disk. GParted is a fine choice, but whatever works for you. I use Xfce so the Accessories / Disks GUI works fine but I do also have GParted installed. I am sort of old school so tend to just use the `fdisk` command line util, but that is rather old so maybe gdisk would be the better option now. -- Doug Herr fedoraproject....@wombatz.com _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
