Which format should I use to format external disk?

[Karl Larsen]

Paul Smith wrote:
> On Dec 15, 2007 10:23 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>   
>>>>>>> I have bought an external hard disk basically for backups. Which
>>>>>>> format should I use to format it?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> Mine came already formatted as NTFS, but I decided that since I was
>>>>>> backing up a linux system, I'd just feel better if I used ext3,
>>>>>> so I reformatted it to that for no particular technical reason :-).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Note that you can get to NTFS from linux by installing ntfs-3g
>>>>>> and ext2/3 from windows by installing Ext2IFS (http://www.fs-driver.org/),
>>>>>> so either filesystem can work for windows or for linux.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Thanks to both. I have formatted the external disk with ext3, and it
>>>>> mounts well. However, when I try to copy something in it, I do not
>>>>> have permission for that. How can I overcome this? Where should I
>>>>> change the permissions?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>     If your backing up the whole of your Linux you need root because
>>>> many files are owned by root. So use a root terminal and you will not
>>>> have any mor problems.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> But I am trying to copy a file not owned by root. Therefore, it should
>>> be possible to copy as normal user.
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>     Tell me more what your seeing. If you use in a terminal the call:
>>
>> $ cp file /media/xyz
>>
>> what does the error message say?
>>     
>
> $ cp -v tent.pdf /media/disk/
> `tent.pdf' -> `/media/disk/tent.pdf'
> cp: cannot create regular file `/media/disk/tent.pdf': Permission denied
> $
>
> Paul
>
>   
OK. Well then you must either use a root terminal or from a root 
terminal you can use

# cd /media/disk
# chown your login

Karl




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