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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hi Dave,<br> I really appreciate you help in this matter.<br><br><div>> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 17:03:12 +1000<br>> From: david@fromorbit.com<br>> To: prithvi_rathore@outlook.com<br>> CC: xfs@oss.sgi.com<br>> Subject: Re: [RFD]: Help in setting up XFS<br>> <br>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 10:22:37AM +0530, Prithvi Rathore wrote:<br>> > 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 existing filesytem<br> <br>> And then mount it appropriately and it will be ready to use.<br>> Nothing more.<br><br>About the part where you say mount it properly, I just wanted to check if this is correct.<br><br>1)Create a mount point.<br> $ mkdir /mnt/dat1<br><br>2)Mount the drive.<br> $ mount -t xfs /dev/sdc1 /mnt/dat1<br><br>And i will have to do this every time I want to use the pendrive<br><br>Warm Regards,<br>Prithvi<br></div> </div></body>
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