Re: Formatting external HDD
On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:54:32 +0100, Lisi wrote:
> I have just acquired a one T HDD for use as an external HDD. I now need
> to decide how to partition it. I am intending to use it for backup
> purposes, and have bought what seems ot me ot be a very large disk so
> that things can be added or grow.
>
> I want flexibility, but am not well enough informed to use an LVM.
> Moreover, I understand that with new HDDs one has to worry about
> partition boundaries, and again, I am not well enough informed to be
> able to achieve this, and anyhow I don't know how big the partitions
> will need to be, nor even what partitions I shall need.
>
> Would it be feasible ot have one large partition on the drive, and then
> use directories rather than partitions for the different back-ups?
> Could I do this with cp (obviously), dd, rsync, Clonezilla, or even
> something I don't know about yet? Would this be a reasonable plan?
>
> And what filing system? I am currently using ext 3, but ma about to
> reinstall and may well use ext 4, if it is available for Lenny.
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I have an external 1T USB drive, which I use to storage of AV files, plus
daily (rsync) backups. It is formatted as a single partition. I use ext2
to avoid the overhead of journalling, but do carry out an e2fsck from
time to time.
It may not be an ideal arrangement, but it works well enough for me.
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