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On Wed, 2010-07-28 at 13:59 +0100, tom wrote: > On 28/07/10 13:54, Paul Sutton wrote: > > Hi > > > > Anyone got any recommendations regarding usb external hard disks, size > > about 500 to 1 tb would work fine for me, as a back up tool > > > > I take it most of these devices should just work with Linux, i see on > > boxes it says designed for PC / MAC. > > > > Just wondered what experiences people and if any should be avoided due > > to being poor quality build. > > > > Paul > > > You'll find most devices are NTFS formatted - they will work with linux > quite happily but you'll have to > mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /yourmountpoint I've not had to do that in years, at least not on Ubuntu that I have been running and I imagine thats same for most distro's? Maybe I had to apt-get install ntfs-3g on earlier Ubuntu's, I can't recall properly but certainly not on the last 3 or so releases for sure. -- John Williams My linux blog of notes and guides http://subbass.blogspot.com/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq