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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] Large disks in Opensuse 11
From:       Per Inge Oestmoen <pioe () coldsiberia ! org>
Date:       2009-05-13 13:27:02
Message-ID: 4A0ACAA6.8020804 () coldsiberia ! org
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Randall R Schulz wrote:

> On Wednesday May 13 2009, Per Inge Oestmoen wrote:
>> Thus, we have narrowed the whole thing down to the source of error
>> being either in the other disk or the other enclosure. The precise
>> answer can of course be found by swapping the two disks and put the
>> former one who failed to be partitioned into the new enclosure. Which
>> is not a very big thing at all.

> Great news! I hope the culprit is under warranty, especially if it's the 
> drive.

Thank you!

Luckily, both the enclosure and the drive is under warranty, so I only
have to face some minor inconvenience by going back to the computer store.

>> Feel free to comment, but before I swap the drives in order to find
>> out, I would like to receive suggestions as to what file system I
>> should choose. 

> Personally, I'm in the XFS crowd. FAT would be the only really bad 
> choice. If Windows interoperability is a factor, then NTFS is your only 
> good option. And, of course, if you need to interoperate with antique 
> Windows systems that have only FAT, then you really have no choice.

I have not yet understood why FAT is such a terribly bad choice. Is
there a greater risk of data corruption and loss with that file system?
By the way, NTFS is no option, SuSE 11.0 will not format with that one.
If there are no decisive arguments in disfavor of FAT I will probably
choose that.

> Daylight hours getting pretty long, eh?

Now the day here lasts to at least 10 PM.

Per Inge Oestmoen, Norway
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