HDD partitions

[femindharamshi10]

when i connect my ntfs externally powered HDD it works perfectly
with sudo mount -o /dev/sda2 /media/HDD

so if my hdd has two partitions, so both partitions will be in /dev/sda2 or both will be different ?

and if we mount in /media/HDD so will it have two different folders for two different partitions in /media/HDD folder ?

[JimmyN]

The device is sda, the partitions will be sda1, sda2, etc. Each partition will have to have it's own mount folder.

So you could mount sda1 to /media/HDD1, and mount sda2 to /media/HDD2

[femindharamshi10]

The device is sda, the partitions will be sda1, sda2, etc. Each partition will have to have it's own mount folder.

So you could mount sda1 to /media/HDD1, and mount sda2 to /media/HDD2

how do i recognise which partition is which ?

if i buy a SATA 160 gb internal hdd and use a usb converter to attach it to my pi, what would be the best suggested filesystem for it ? ntfs ?

[GTR2Fan]

Ext4 unless you have a specific need to connect the drive directly to a Windows PC for any reason.

[femindharamshi10]

Ext4 unless you have a specific need to connect the drive directly to a Windows PC for any reason.

ya regularly i will keep connecting it to my mac and windows and raspi... so ext4 or ntfs ? also suggest me a good and cheap sata and sata power to usb converter (2 in 1)

[GTR2Fan]

NTFS is the only easy option then. It does slow transfers down with a Pi as NTFS support is all handled by the CPU via a software driver with no hardware acceleration. That's not necessarily a problem though as I have the same kind of setup here for the same reason, and Full-HD movies still play glitch-free from the HDD on the Pi in OMXPlayer and OSMC.

EDIT: This would work fine for the Pi and the PC, but I have no idea what NTFS support is like in OSX nowadays.

[femindharamshi10]

NTFS is the only easy option then. It does slow transfers down with a Pi as NTFS support is all handled by the CPU via a software driver with no hardware acceleration. That's not necessarily a problem though as I have the same kind of setup here for the same reason, and Full-HD movies still play glitch-free from the HDD on the Pi in OMXPlayer and OSMC.

EDIT: This would work fine for the Pi and the PC, but I have no idea what NTFS support is like in OSX nowadays.

i am already using a external seagate ntfs 1tb drive. OSX does support it

[femindharamshi10]

As we know, we can use a regular samsung adapter to power a external seagate hdd.
can we use the same samsung (mobile phone(android)) adaptor to power a external hdd (sata) rather than buying new power supply adapter? (using a adapter like : http://www.amazon.in/Cable-Hunter-USB-2 ... 46ec875759 )

[Heater]

GTR2Fan,

It does slow transfers down with a Pi as NTFS support is all handled by the CPU via a software driver with no hardware acceleration.

Could you elaborate on that?

As far as I know there is no hardware acceleration for any file system under any operating system ever. It's all done in the OS software.

Sure there is hardware acceleration in the block level drivers. Like Direct Memory Access (DMA). But those are the same for all block devices, no matter what file system sits on top of that.

Or, am I missing a point here?

[GTR2Fan]

I'm probably talking poo regarding the reasons then, but NTFS is woefully slow compared to Ext4 on a Pi.

[Heater]

Yeah, well, I cannot imagine why anyone is using NTFS on a Linux machine.

It might be very useful to salvage data from some disks from some legacy OS I guess.

[rpdom]

Yeah, well, I cannot imagine why anyone is using NTFS on a Linux machine.

It might be very useful to salvage data from some disks from some legacy OS I guess.

The usual reason is for an external disk that is shared between a Linux system and another OS that won't read Linux file systems.

[femindharamshi10]

Yeah, well, I cannot imagine why anyone is using NTFS on a Linux machine.

It might be very useful to salvage data from some disks from some legacy OS I guess.

The usual reason is for an external disk that is shared between a Linux system and another OS that won't read Linux file systems.

so if i take a 160 gb sata hdd,
partion it into two, 80gb ntfs and 80gb ext4
and install windows in the 80gb and use 80gb for pi then will it work ?

[DougieLawson]

so if i take a 160 gb sata hdd,
partion it into two, 80gb ntfs and 80gb ext4
and install windows in the 80gb and use 80gb for pi then will it work ?

Your Raspberry Pi running Linux can mount both 80GB partitions, Windows (without additional software) can only mount the NTFS partition.

[femindharamshi10]

so if i take a 160 gb sata hdd,
partion it into two, 80gb ntfs and 80gb ext4
and install windows in the 80gb and use 80gb for pi then will it work ?

Your Raspberry Pi running Linux can mount both 80GB partitions, Windows (without additional software) can only mount the NTFS partition.

If i buy a sata 250 gb hdd, and use a converter like this : http://www.ebay.com/itm/SATA-7-15-22-Pi ... SwgQ9VgpB0

then one usb (data) will be connected to rpi and other usb (for power) if i connect to a samsung mobile phone adapter (i have the one which comes with galaxy s6 edge) so will the hdd be powered or do i have to buy the 12v adapter ? becuase i am using my external hdd on this : http://www.ebay.in/itm/like/18198591885 ... e=Sok-Goog so it works on that same samsung adapter. so will the sata drive also work ?

[DougieLawson]

You can run a 2.5" HDD from a B+ or 2B by simply adding

Code: Select all

max_usb_current=1

to your config.txt

[GTR2Fan]

Yeah, well, I cannot imagine why anyone is using NTFS on a Linux machine.

Out of necessity mostly. Bear in mind that the 1TB+ (or whatever) of data on an Ext4 formatted HDD becomes completely inaccessible if the Pi dies or is temporarily out of commission for anyone who doesn't have access to another machine capable of reading it. Given that the current market share for Linux on desktops and laptops is around 1.5%, a typical Pi owner is probably highly unlikely to have access to another one.

[Navyscourge]

a typical Pi owner is probably highly unlikely to have access to another one

From what I read here, most people that have a Pi for more than a year do have more than 1. If not, it is easy to buy one

[femindharamshi10]

Can i use This Sata and Sata Power To Usb Cable : http://www.amazon.in/ADMI-USB-2-0-SATA- ... 46ec875759 : To connect my 60gb fujitsu 2.5" hdd (sata) in a Pc externally where i would connect one usb into PC and another in a samsung mobile charger adapter (that comes with galaxy s6 edge, the fast charger) will this power up my hdd and will it work fine ? i dont want to buy a adapter because i am going to use this hdd with my pi so i dont have much place for a adapter.

and will the converter (in the link) work with the 3.5" hdd (that is usually used in Desktops) because the size of the pins is the same !

Thank you in advanced.