Okay, it's easy to format a drive, but why it is pre-formatted to NTFS?
Presumably because it's marketed as a Windows backup solution and comes with Window's only backup software.
I have one of these and I simply do not have this issue the Reg is on about, it takes a few seconds to spin up after it has gone to sleep but once up to speed it works perfectly on Linux. The funny thing is that I repartitioned it to be 20Gb for Windows and 2x150Gb partitions for Linux, now when I dual boot to XP the drive just isn't seen, even the vertical orange light goes off and that normally stays on even when the PC if off.
It's also worth noting that this was written by a business correspondent, not by a technical one - he probably doesn't even know what the difference is between email and GET.
Just for yuks go to the advanced search page and try to find other any other technical article written by him, I couldn't find one.
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Presumably because it's marketed as a Windows backup solution and comes with Window's only backup software.
I have one of these and I simply do not have this issue the Reg is on about, it takes a few seconds to spin up after it has gone to sleep but once up to speed it works perfectly on Linux. The funny thing is that I repartitioned it to be 20Gb for Windows and 2x150Gb partitions for Linux, now when I dual boot to XP the drive just isn't seen, even the vertical orange light goes off and that normally stays on even when the PC if off.
I tried to get this out of the library, the librarian told me they used to have loads of copies but people never bring them back.
It's also worth noting that this was written by a business correspondent, not by a technical one - he probably doesn't even know what the difference is between email and GET.
Just for yuks go to the advanced search page and try to find other any other technical article written by him, I couldn't find one.
Can you hold one share? I thought that SCO had to be sold in blocks of 100, or is that a minimum of 100, so you can buy 200 and sell 199?
Even in the worst case senario the beer will continue to flow