<div dir="ltr">Hello, I have a 160G HDD with the following specs (output of hwinfo --disk): 21: IDE 01.0: 10600 Disk [Created at block.222] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_1ATA_Hitachi_HDS721616PLA380_PVD300Z5R20NPK Unique ID: DQI9.Q90kRm4Zwu7 Parent ID: w7Y8.Ds0ASHoxYT0 SysFS ID: /block/sdb SysFS BusID: 0:0:1:0 SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:1/0:0:1:0 Hardware Class: disk Model: "Hitachi HDS72161" Vendor: "Hitachi" Device: "HDS72161" Revision: "P22O" Serial ID: "PVD300Z5R20NPK" Driver: "ata_piix", "sd" Driver Modules: "ata_piix" Device File: /dev/sdb Device Files: /dev/sdb, /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-1ATA_Hitachi_HDS721616PLA380_PVD300Z5R20NPK, /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HDS721616PLA380_PVD300Z5R20NPK, /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:1:0 Device Number: block 8:16-8:31 Geometry (Logical): CHS 19457/255/63 Size: 312581808 sectors a 512 bytes Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #4 (IDE interface) I intend this drive for all my multimedia content (music, and video files). I do not intend to do any real time ripping (like recording from a capture device). This drive will serve as an archive that will be organized and accessed on a daily basis. What I would like to know is: which is the best file system (and the tools / syntax) to use to format this drive. Currently it is formated as an EXT3 FS and totals 149G. I am guessing it is possible to use a different FS while optimizing the performance with the right options to the format command... Thanks! .:====================================================:. Amichai Rotman UIN#: 6401746 Registered Linux User#: 201192 [<a href="http://counter.li.org/">http://counter.li.org/</a>] Registered Ubuntu User #12851 [<a href="http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net">http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net</a>] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE READ: <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .:====================================================:. </div>