[USB SATA connection] Changing file system from NTFS to Ext3

[Liam Proven]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:50 AM, Ted Hilts <thilts at mcsnet.ca> wrote:
> My Ubuntu machine is a dual boot (XP and Ubuntu).  I am gradually
> formatting the original XP NTFS IDE drives over to Ext3 so there will be
> just a small  XP system and a large Ubuntu system. In order to build a
> Linux source respository I obtained a SATA Terra Byte USB external drive
> which the store had already set up as NTFS which Ubuntu had no problem
> integrating.  Problem is I want Ext3 not NTFS.  Also, this USB Sata
> drive prevents boot up and I have to turn it off before shutting down
> and turn it on once the system has passed the boot up stage.  This
> situation has caused me to wonder what I am doing wrong.  I was just
> going to leave the system (including the USB external Sata drive)
> running and then "umount" the  USB Sata drive, format as Ext3 and then
> "mount" but I think I am missing something here because I want the USB
> external Sata drive to be permanently in place so that it powers up with
> the rest of the system and powers down with the rest of the system
> without me having to turn it OFF and ON as a separate disk entity.
>
> Is there someone knowledgeable on this subject that can give me some
> direction?
>
> Thanks in advance for any guidance, Ted Hilts

Couple of things.

[1] Your external drive. Either you can use USB *or* you can use
eSATA, but *not both*.

[2] Why not just reformat the external as ext3 or better still for
that size ext4, then?


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