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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: how/what formatting disks for sale
From:       Daniel Bauer <linux () daniel-bauer ! com>
Date:       2023-06-27 19:07:25
Message-ID: b54246bf-4f91-89f6-f0ed-451f90a6d977 () daniel-bauer ! com
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Thanks for the helpful input everybody!

So, I'll format them with NTFS. This is also what WD external disks come 
with and probably what a common user expects.

Enjoy your summer evening if you're in the northern hemisphere!

Am 27.06.23 um 17:31 schrieb Daniel Bauer:
> Hi,
> 
> There are some external 1 and 2TB disks laying around here who got too 
> small for me and I want sell them cheap. Each has an encrypted partition 
> with reiserfs inside.
> 
> So, I guess, first I'll have to remove the encrypted partition and make 
> a new one with fdisk. Then add a file-system with mkfs.
> 
> Two questions:
> 
> - should I use NTFS?
> 
> - after installing the file system usually the device belongs to root 
> and I first have to change it to "me-user" before I can write on it as a 
> user.
> 
> I don't know about rights on Win or Mac. Is there anything I should/must 
> do so that a Win or Mac-User can use the disks just switching them in?





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