Re: Which format should I use to format external disk?

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On Dec 15, 2007 10:23 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> 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


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