Which format should I use to format external disk?

[Karl Larsen]

Paul Smith wrote:
>> I have bought an external hard disk basically for backups. Which
>> format should I use to format it?
>>     
>
> Would ext3 be fine? If so, how could I mount it?
>
> Paul
>
>   
    Yes that will be fine. If the HD is in a box with a USB male plug 
you then plug that into your computer and it will appear on your Desktop 
where you can put things you want saved onto it. Or you can find it 
mounted at /media. It will all come to you.


Karl


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