Re: [CentOS] External HD partitioning & formatting considerations

2019-12-01 Thread John Pierce
On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 7:09 AM Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > Le 30/11/2019 à 21:50, John Pierce a écrit : > > I strongly dislike moving removable disks between computers, > > especially with differing operating systems. > > > > I would instead recommend getting/building a NAS aka file server and > usin

Re: [CentOS] External HD partitioning & formatting considerations

2019-12-01 Thread Nicolas Kovacs
Le 30/11/2019 à 21:50, John Pierce a écrit : > I strongly dislike moving removable disks between computers, > especially with differing operating systems. > > I would instead recommend getting/building a NAS aka file server and using > the network to share files, or make backups, or whatever. Hel

Re: [CentOS] External HD partitioning & formatting considerations

2019-12-01 Thread Pete Biggs
> > I would instead recommend getting/building a NAS aka file server and using > the network to share files, or make backups, or whatever. > And if the machines aren't on a network? P. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.

Re: [CentOS] External HD partitioning & formatting considerations

2019-12-01 Thread Alessandro Baggi
On 30/11/19 21:50, John Pierce wrote: I strongly dislike moving removable disks between computers, especially with differing operating systems. I would instead recommend getting/building a NAS aka file server and using the network to share files, or make backups, or whatever. On Sat, Nov 30

Re: [CentOS] External HD partitioning & formatting considerations

2019-11-30 Thread nschehovin--- via CentOS
I second that. exFAT is the way to go. Support is built in for the Mac and Windows and even Linux Mint. Support is easily installed for CentOS and Ubuntu. Looks like there was some compatability issues if the exFAT drive was formatted on a Mac. So be sure to format the drive  on Windows or Linu

Re: [CentOS] External HD partitioning & formatting considerations

2019-11-30 Thread John Pierce
I strongly dislike moving removable disks between computers, especially with differing operating systems. I would instead recommend getting/building a NAS aka file server and using the network to share files, or make backups, or whatever. On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 11:38 AM Pierre Emerald wrote:

Re: [CentOS] External HD partitioning & formatting considerations

2019-11-30 Thread Pierre Emerald
What about exfat ? 2019年11月30日(土) 18:10 Fred Smith : > On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 05:19:44PM +0100, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > > Hi, > > > > One of my clients has a mixed Linux/Mac OS/Windows environment in his > office. > > He just purchased a 4 TB external hard disk, which he intends to use on > his

Re: [CentOS] External HD partitioning & formatting considerations

2019-11-30 Thread Fred Smith
On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 05:19:44PM +0100, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > One of my clients has a mixed Linux/Mac OS/Windows environment in his office. > He just purchased a 4 TB external hard disk, which he intends to use on his > various workstations. > > Up until recently, I've been using plai

[CentOS] External HD partitioning & formatting considerations

2019-11-30 Thread Nicolas Kovacs
Hi, One of my clients has a mixed Linux/Mac OS/Windows environment in his office. He just purchased a 4 TB external hard disk, which he intends to use on his various workstations. Up until recently, I've been using plain old MBR/FAT for hard disks in mixed environments. Fire up fdisk, make one bi