formatting an external hard drive questions
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zbikuuu · 2023-11-09 10:36

hi i got my hands on a 10tb usb wd drive and want to format it from
ntfs to some other linux friendly filesystem, but i got some
questions. what would be the best filesystem for this type of stuff
(mainly storing music, videos, pictures), and how would i go about it?
also how should my fstab look like?

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Legitimate_Farm_3095 · 2023-11-09 11:55

the quality of the sub continues to degrade

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Anejey · 2023-11-09 12:30

Can't really go wrong with ext4 for filesystem.

Make a partition with fdisk, format it with mkfs. As for fstab make
sure to mount it via either disk ID or UUID.

If you need details just Google it. There's a shitton of guides out
there.

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msanangelo · 2023-11-09 12:40

sir, this is r/selfhosted. not r/linuxquestions.