Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (963 mails)

[Carl Hartung <suselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 15:17:48 -0400
"Stephen P Molnar" <s.molnar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have a new Seagate 1GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive.  I would like to
> install OpenSUSE 11.4 on the disk and I should like some expert
> guidance on partitioning the drive.  I would like to have a 2 GB vfat
> partition so that my Win OS computers (laptop and a tower) will be
> able to recognize the external drive.  Currently, as a result of an
> abortive installation on linux, there is no vfat partition of the
> external drive. 
>  I am willing to accept the I 11.4 installer defaults, suitably
> adjusted for the 2.0 GB to be allocated to the vfat partition.   How
> should I partition the drive?  
>  
>  Thanks in advance.

Hi Stephen,

I gather you meant "a new Seagate 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive."?
I've always had the best luck with first creating any M$ compatible
partitions and formatting them with M$ tools and then proceeding with
my *nix installations.

I've often encountered unexpected 'hiccups' going the other way around.

hth & regards,

Carl


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