There is nothing wrong with that, he can format the disk any way he wishes... Probably ext3, but if you are going to run Samba I recommend using ReiserFS or XFS (support for POSIX style ACLs). Sincerely, Jeremy C. Hansen -----Original Message----- From: juneau-lug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:juneau-lug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamie Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 11:32 AM To: JLUG Subject: [juneau-lug] Will it spin? I've got a buddy who wants to try the new Lacie "Bigger Disk" (1 terabyte, $1200) http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10118 under RH Ent. The ad copy states: LaCie Bigger Disk can be connected to any computer equipped with FireWire 800, FireWire 400, iLink/DV, Hi-Speed USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 this device requires no driver or software installation for Windows XP and Mac OS X users In addition, he wants to run Samba on top of it. So which file system should he use? Any other comments / suggestions? Thanks, -Jamie ------------------------------------ This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject header. ------------------------------------ This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject header.