compatible external hdd

negrito211 · 12-13-2008, 09:42 AM

who here has used an external hdd with ydl? and if so what external hdd are you using? and does any external hdd work etc? any help would be nice.cause im planning on getting on i just wanted to know if all external hdd's work. i have ydl 6 and im planing on getting about 500gb hdd. and what format does linux use? is it fat32 or no?

thanks

Simon Bridge · 12-14-2008, 02:10 AM

GNU/Linux uses ext3 by default but can read a very wide range of them, including all the FAT versions.
Most external usb HDDs will work out of the box with YDL. Unless they have some sort of fancy windows-only features.

I use an old laptop drive in a usb enclosure. The enclosures special functions don't work, but it works as a UMS device happily.

You are asking very basic questions ... have you seen the documentation?
http://us.fixstars.com/support/

SqdnGuns · 12-14-2008, 02:11 AM

The only ones that I have heard of problems with are Seagate Free Agent drives.

Simon Bridge · 12-14-2008, 02:47 AM

You know, I nearly mentioned seagates efforts. They seem to have produced drives with are configured to make up for deficiencies in Windows, therefore breaking them for everyone else.

However - all is not lost:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...rkaround-linux

Linux users are now common enough to pressure vendors

Other ones are external encrypted RAID drives... but these are usually network drives and may not be under consideration.