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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hi,<br>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.<br>My understanding is:<br><br>1) I will have to install the packages<br>$ sudo apt-get install xfsprogs<br>$ sudo apt-get install xfsdump<br><br>2) I will have to create the filesystem for the USB drive<br>$ mkfs.xfs -f dev/sdab1<br>-f option needed to overwrite any exisitng filesytem<br><br>I would appreciate if you could add any comments or guide me for the same. Thanking you in anticipation <br> </div></body>
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