[ubuntu-in] portable external hdd

[Sameep]

>1. This particular drive doesn't have GNU/Linux as a label. As a customer I would prefer a product which would also be compatible with GNU/Linux, does anybody know that?


All disks are compatible with GNU/ Linux . You could also make your own external HDD using a external case. You can make a 500 Gb external for around 5000 bucks . 



>2. The drive is formatted in NTFS. While I don't think there may be issue with making it ext3 would it void the warranty?

You can keep it in any format you like. Warranty is independent of the file-system. You could consider keeping it in FAT 32 / NTFS if you want to use it across platforms. You will need ntfs-3g to write to NTFS disks under  GNU/Linux and MacFuse + ntfs-3g to write to NTFS under OSX.


Regards,

Sameep