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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] external storage
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On Wed, 03 Oct 2018 01:13:34 -0400,
J. Roeleveld wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 6:30:12 AM CEST Davyd McColl wrote:
> > Most newer external storage devices come formatted with ntfs these days, so
> > if you just want to plug-and-play, I suggest installing ntfs-3g. File
> > managers like dolphin and desktop environments like KDE will notice the
> > device and allow you to mount and use them.
> >
> > Be aware, though, that ntfs-3g, whilst being an excellent bit of software
> > (imo), is not the fastest way to access those disks. If you have no need to
> > move the disk to another computer or if you only plan on moving between
> > Linux computers, I suggest formatting with a native filesystem like ext4.
> > Personally, I use ntfs-3g for my 4 large external disks so that I can
> > access them when I infrequently dual-boot to windows of on the off-chance
> > that I would like to lend the drive to someone. I accept the performance
> > penalty.
> >
> > -d
> >
> > On October 3, 2018 05:45:58 thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
> > > Are all external storage, media/disk work with Linux?
> > > Any recommendations, or which one to stay away from.
> > >
> > > Some of them are encrypted, so I suppose they will not work with Linux
> > > out of the box.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Thelma
>
> I would assume other desktop environments will also seamlessly work with
> ntfs-3g as that is handled by udisks.
>
> Personally, I have not noticed lesser performance with ntfs-3g with both
> reading and writing.
>
> I also have not had any issues with encrypted disks.
I have had problems that once a disk is mounted with ntfs3g, and then
trying to use it on a Windows system, I had to do a chkdsk /f before
it would work properly. This was a while ago, so maybe things are
fixed by now, but I thought it was worth bringing it to your
attention.
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