[ale] OTQ: partition formats of USB storage

Warren Myers volcimaster at gmail.com
Tue Apr 17 17:05:08 EDT 2007


depending on the filesystem you want to use, a single partition is probably
best

WMM

On 4/17/07, John Mills <johnmills at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>
> ALErs -
>
> Speculative question:
>
> I just bought a USB external HDD by Seagate, based on a presumably
> standard 3.5" drive. If I had to replace the drive, any idea how the
> replacement should be partitioned?
>
> (I'm not about to check mine while it's still guaranteed - in fact I
> don't even know if it's serial or parallel!)
>
> Thanks.
> - Mills
>
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