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On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:57:21 +0000 Anthony Williams <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 17/02/11 09:51, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > When I look at external hard drives on the internet they all seem to > > say 'preformatted for PC's' or 'Windows and Mac ready'. No mention of > > Linux, of course. > > > > So, will they mostly work on Linux? > > Yes. > > > Will they be formatted in something other that EXT3 or 4? And, if so, > > can they easily be reformatted? > > Yes, and yes. > > Typically they will be formatted in FAT32, but possibly NTFS. > > Under linux they just appear as another drive (e.g. /dev/sdd), which can > be partitioned and formatted as usual. > > Anthony > -- Thanks for all the help. Now I just need to decide which make to go for. My local computer shop recommended Buffalo which, it seems, is a big company. Oh well, more research Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq