Timeline for Format external hard drive to linux compatible file system
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| Aug 7, 2014 at 8:59 | comment | added | darnir | I'm lurking around, yes. Thanks for the heads up. I'll edit the answer for current times. | |
| Aug 7, 2014 at 2:06 | comment | added | derobert | You seem to still be around (judging from your profile). I suggest updating this answer for 2014. I think ext4 is pretty universal now, and the question now is btrfs... | |
| Aug 9, 2012 at 19:47 | history | edited | darnir | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Added more information |
| Aug 9, 2012 at 19:32 | comment | added | Nils | On RH5 there is no ext4. On SLES10 - problematic. But ext3 will work an any current distribution - not only the newest ones. | |
| Aug 9, 2012 at 2:23 | comment | added | darnir | @Nils: Point taken. I'll add this data to the answer. However, I think ext4 is a better option than ext3. | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 20:08 | comment | added | Nils | RiserFS is not suppported any more on some major distributions. JFS and XFS can be too new for some distributions, ext2 is too old. My best bet is good old ext3. | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 19:15 | vote | accept | john-jones | ||
| Aug 8, 2012 at 19:15 | comment | added | john-jones | I ran it with a sudo, the solution in the end was to go to a friends house and format it there with the ubuntu gui. But this answer is a useful future reference. | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 15:47 | comment | added | darnir | Have your previously added any PPA's and then removed them? That seems to be the most common cause for the above error. Also, run 'sudo apt-get -f install'. It seems many people tend to forget adding the sudo. | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 15:41 | history | edited | darnir | CC BY-SA 3.0 | deleted 1 characters in body |
| S Aug 8, 2012 at 15:40 | history | suggested | Aaron Digulla | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Added link |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 15:37 | comment | added | darnir | It seems like you are not connected to the internet on that machine. And your apt-get is possibly broken. I am no Debian expert to be able to help you there. | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 15:30 | comment | added | john-jones | I get 'You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies:' and when i run 'apt-get -f install' as they suggest, i get a bunch of waiting and then 'connection timed out' message. | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 15:20 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Aug 8, 2012 at 14:52 | history | answered | darnir | CC BY-SA 3.0 |