Which format should I use to format external disk?

[Vivek J. Patankar]

Paul Smith wrote:
> Thanks to both. I have formatted the external disk with ext3, and it
> mounts well. However, when I try to copy something in it, I do not
> have permission for that. How can I overcome this? Where should I
> change the permissions?

As pointed out earlier, creating a folder in the partitions and changing 
the permissions can be used, but this is only a workaround. I don't know 
how to resolve this problem but I have a pointer that might help find a 
resolution.

vfat partitions from external usb devices are mounted with the following 
parameters :- rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=lower,uid=500. ext3 
partitions are mounted without the shortname & uid parameter. I suspect 
it is the missing uid parameter which is causing the problem.

How does one go about changing this behaviour? My best guess would be 
mucking around with udev rules.

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Regards,
विवेक ज. पाटणकर (Vivek J. Patankar)

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