<div dir="ltr">Hello,<br><br>I have a 160G HDD with the following specs (output of <i>hwinfo --disk</i>):<br>21: IDE 01.0: 10600 Disk<br> [Created at block.222]<br> UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_1ATA_Hitachi_HDS721616PLA380_PVD300Z5R20NPK<br>
Unique ID: DQI9.Q90kRm4Zwu7<br> Parent ID: w7Y8.Ds0ASHoxYT0<br> SysFS ID: /block/sdb<br> SysFS BusID: 0:0:1:0<br> SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:1/0:0:1:0<br> Hardware Class: disk<br>
Model: "Hitachi HDS72161"<br> Vendor: "Hitachi"<br> Device: "HDS72161"<br> Revision: "P22O"<br> Serial ID: "PVD300Z5R20NPK"<br> Driver: "ata_piix", "sd"<br>
Driver Modules: "ata_piix"<br> Device File: /dev/sdb<br> 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<br>
Device Number: block 8:16-8:31<br> Geometry (Logical): CHS 19457/255/63<br> Size: 312581808 sectors a 512 bytes<br> Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown<br> Attached to: #4 (IDE interface)<br><br>
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.<br>
<br>What I would like to know is: which is the best file system (and the tools / syntax) to use to format this drive.<br><br>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...<br>
<br>Thanks! <br><br>.:====================================================:.<br><br>Amichai Rotman<br><br>UIN#: 6401746<br>Registered Linux User#: 201192 [<a href="http://counter.li.org/">http://counter.li.org/</a>]<br>Registered Ubuntu User #12851 [<a href="http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net">http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net</a>]<br>
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