add hard disk - what format

[mikepac69]

Hi all,

I am pretty new to Ubuntu. I installed it correctly and now i need to patition my second drive. What format and how should i do it? I have the gui GParted installed.

Thanks in advance...

Michael

[No-Neck]

If you need to access the files from Windows then it would be advisable to choose NTFS.

If not then you'll probably recommended to use either ext3 or reiserfs:

ext3 - default for most Linux installations, your Ubuntu should be using ext3 already.

reiserfs - I use this, I find it a fair bit faster but it's probably less tried and tested and the man it was named after has been put in prison for murdering his wife.

Your choice really.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and you're best off doing it with GParted, just right click on the empty drive and 'Create New' (or something similar).

[jerome1232]

the man it was named after has been put in prison for murdering his wife.

Wow, interesting.

I actually kind of like xfs because it has a few shiny tools thrown in that ext3 doesn't have. Like online defragging (should you ever need it) better support for resizing the filesystem while it's online, faster with large files (reiserfs is faster with small files). As far as I know it's developer isn't a madman which is always a plus.

ext3 is a tried and true format though so you can't go wrong with it.

[mikepac69]

ok, i formatted it with ext3. Now how do I mount it or will it do it by itself?

[bodhi.zazen]

ok, i formatted it with ext3. Now how do I mount it or will it do it by itself?

You will need to add an entry in fstab

How to fstab - Ubuntu Forums

If you get stuck, feel free to ask, but we need to know your partition and desired mount point.

[jespdj]

reiserfs - I use this, I find it a fair bit faster but it's probably less tried and tested and the man it was named after has been put in prison for murdering his wife.

It was not only named after him, he invented it: Hans Reiser

[No-Neck]

It was not only named after him, he invented it: Hans Reiser

Yes, which is why it's probably not such a good thing that he's gone to prison. Not like he's going to be having much input on the project from there.

[mikepac69]

I mounted it but cant write anythng to it... I am stuck. The partition is /dev/sdb1 and wnt to mount it to /media/disk1

How can I get it to mount everytime the system boots up?

[bodhi.zazen]

How can I get it to mount everytime the system boots up?

You need to unmount the partition and add an entry in fstab.

With the partition mounted, use chown and chmod to set permissions.

chown user.user /mount/point
sudo chmod 777 /mount/point # or 770 if you want to be more restrictive

See the link I gave you for details.

[Nxion]

You will need to add an entry in fstab

How to fstab - Ubuntu Forums

If you get stuck, feel free to ask, but we need to know your partition and desired mount point.

Follow the above from bodhi