how/what formatting disks for sale
Hi, There are some external 1 and 2TB disks laying around here who got too small for me and I want sell them cheap. Each has an encrypted partition with reiserfs inside. So, I guess, first I'll have to remove the encrypted partition and make a new one with fdisk. Then add a file-system with mkfs. Two questions: - should I use NTFS? - after installing the file system usually the device belongs to root and I first have to change it to "me-user" before I can write on it as a user. I don't know about rights on Win or Mac. Is there anything I should/must do so that a Win or Mac-User can use the disks just switching them in? Thanks Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Málaga https://www.patreon.com/danielbauer https://www.daniel-bauer.com
Le 27/06/2023 à 17:31, Daniel Bauer a écrit :
So, I guess, first I'll have to remove the encrypted partition
better... and make
a new one with fdisk.
not even necessary, let this to the next owner Then add a file-system with mkfs. no. You may make a partition (full disk), but let the user make his file system
I don't know about rights on Win or Mac. Is there anything I should/must do so that a Win or Mac-User can use the disks just switching them in?
do the less you care to protect your old data then give it away :-) jdd -- c'est quoi, usenet? http://www.dodin.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Usenet.Usenet
Hi, I personally would just zero out the disk before giving it away - the recipient can then format it with whatever filesystem they'd like. I think Windows users even get a prompt if they plug in a blank disk. Cheers Georg On 6/27/23 17:31, Daniel Bauer wrote:
Hi,
There are some external 1 and 2TB disks laying around here who got too small for me and I want sell them cheap. Each has an encrypted partition with reiserfs inside.
So, I guess, first I'll have to remove the encrypted partition and make a new one with fdisk. Then add a file-system with mkfs.
Two questions:
- should I use NTFS?
- after installing the file system usually the device belongs to root and I first have to change it to "me-user" before I can write on it as a user.
I don't know about rights on Win or Mac. Is there anything I should/must do so that a Win or Mac-User can use the disks just switching them in?
Thanks
Daniel
* Georg Pfuetzenreuter via openSUSE Users <users@lists.opensuse.org> [06-27-23 12:02]:
Hi,
I personally would just zero out the disk before giving it away - the recipient can then format it with whatever filesystem they'd like. I think Windows users even get a prompt if they plug in a blank disk.
Cheers Georg
On 6/27/23 17:31, Daniel Bauer wrote:
Hi,
There are some external 1 and 2TB disks laying around here who got too small for me and I want sell them cheap. Each has an encrypted partition with reiserfs inside.
So, I guess, first I'll have to remove the encrypted partition and make a new one with fdisk. Then add a file-system with mkfs.
Two questions:
- should I use NTFS?
- after installing the file system usually the device belongs to root and I first have to change it to "me-user" before I can write on it as a user.
I don't know about rights on Win or Mac. Is there anything I should/must do so that a Win or Mac-User can use the disks just switching them in?
Thanks
Daniel
why bother with doing anything other than giving/selling? the partitions are reiserfs and encrypted. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet oftc
W dniu 27.06.2023 o 17:31, Daniel Bauer pisze:
Hi,
There are some external 1 and 2TB disks laying around here who got too small for me and I want sell them cheap. Each has an encrypted partition with reiserfs inside.
So, I guess, first I'll have to remove the encrypted partition and make a new one with fdisk. Then add a file-system with mkfs.
Two questions:
- should I use NTFS?
- after installing the file system usually the device belongs to root and I first have to change it to "me-user" before I can write on it as a user.
I don't know about rights on Win or Mac. Is there anything I should/must do so that a Win or Mac-User can use the disks just switching them in?
Thanks
Daniel
I suggest creating NTFS on it. I a buyer is not tech-savvy, they expect a plug-and-play experience. If they want to format it differently, they know what to do. I recently sold a used disk without partition and had to help the buyer to format it. I don't recommend doing it this way.
W dniu 27.06.2023 o 17:31, Daniel Bauer pisze:
- after installing the file system usually the device belongs to root and I first have to change it to "me-user" before I can write on it as a user.
I don't know about rights on Win or Mac. Is there anything I should/must do so that a Win or Mac-User can use the disks just switching them in?
On windows with ntfs, there's no such problem. Just format it and it's ready.
On 2023-06-27 17:31, Daniel Bauer wrote:
Hi,
There are some external 1 and 2TB disks laying around here who got too small for me and I want sell them cheap. Each has an encrypted partition with reiserfs inside.
So, I guess, first I'll have to remove the encrypted partition and make a new one with fdisk. Then add a file-system with mkfs.
zero it all with dd: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX oflag=direct bs=16M status=progress just once. That would make it appear as a new disk to a user.
Two questions:
- should I use NTFS?
There are pros and cons to formatting it. ntfs, fat, exfat... Me would use exfat. Or ask the buyer if he prefer you initialize the disk or have it totally blank.
- after installing the file system usually the device belongs to root and I first have to change it to "me-user" before I can write on it as a user.
I don't know about rights on Win or Mac. Is there anything I should/must do so that a Win or Mac-User can use the disks just switching them in?
No, nothing needed. Specially with fat or exfat. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Thanks for the helpful input everybody! So, I'll format them with NTFS. This is also what WD external disks come with and probably what a common user expects. Enjoy your summer evening if you're in the northern hemisphere! Am 27.06.23 um 17:31 schrieb Daniel Bauer:
Hi,
There are some external 1 and 2TB disks laying around here who got too small for me and I want sell them cheap. Each has an encrypted partition with reiserfs inside.
So, I guess, first I'll have to remove the encrypted partition and make a new one with fdisk. Then add a file-system with mkfs.
Two questions:
- should I use NTFS?
- after installing the file system usually the device belongs to root and I first have to change it to "me-user" before I can write on it as a user.
I don't know about rights on Win or Mac. Is there anything I should/must do so that a Win or Mac-User can use the disks just switching them in?
-- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Málaga https://www.patreon.com/danielbauer https://www.daniel-bauer.com
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