HD 1TB or greater Ubuntu 11.04 64bit

[Ric Moore]

On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 16:37 +0800, J wrote: 
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 15:54, Johan Scheepers <johansche at telkomsa.net> wrote:
> > On 06/22/2011 09:12 AM, J wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 14:57, Johan Scheepers<johansche at telkomsa.net>
> >>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Good day,
> >>>
> >>> I have now the option of buying a 500GIG  or  1TB harddisk.
> >>>
> >>> Could be used on usb sometimes.
> >>>
> >>> Google..seem some problems for  1TB.
> >>>
> >>> Kindly some advice please.
> >>
> >> Kindly advice:  Please ask an actual question here, hopefully one that
> >> relates to Ubuntu.
> >>
> >> No idea exactly what you're looking for.  Ummm... Congrats on having
> >> the option to buy another hard disk?
> >>
> >> If you're asking if they work, I use a whole stack of 2TB hard disks
> >> and Ubuntu.  Some are formatted NTFS because I use them with both my
> >> Linux and Windows systems, some are formatted in ext3 because it was
> >> expedient.
> >>
> >> If that is what you were wanting to know then hope it helps.  If not,
> >> then please refer to my first sentence.
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Jeff
> >>
> > Thanks for your reply.
> >
> > Do you use these as usb drives
> > I use a laptop.
> 
> Yes... I still don't understand what you're asking though.  Are you
> asking if Ubuntu will work properly with 1TB hard disks?
> 
> If that is your question, then yes it will.
> 
> I have three laptops, all with either 500GB or 1TB 2.5" hard disks.
> 
> I also have 4 2TB 3.5" disks in external USB enclosures.
> 
> I also have 3 1TB and 4 500GB 3.5" SATA hard disks that I use with a
> USB-SATA converter as USB disks.
> 
> All work with Ubuntu.  And every other Linux out there.

I think his reservation is with that longish thread where a user had a
pile of problems when the USB drive was formatted with vfat or msdos.
There is a limit to drive size with older formats I dimly recall. I
think if the OP formats them, as you have your's, he would have little
to no problems. I think he just wants some reassurance here. :) Ric


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