On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 10:22:37AM +0530, Prithvi Rathore wrote: > Hi, > As the subject states, I would like to setup and use XFS on an external USB drive. I am currently using Ubuntu 14.04 on MacBook Air 2013. > My understanding is: > > 1) I will have to install the packages > $ sudo apt-get install xfsprogs > $ sudo apt-get install xfsdump > > 2) I will have to create the filesystem for the USB drive > $ mkfs.xfs -f dev/sdab1 > -f option needed to overwrite any exisitng filesytem And then mount it appropriately and it will be ready to use. Nothing more. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
