On Sun, Feb 28, 2021, at 4:39 AM, Paul Smith wrote:
Dear All,
I have got a second hard disk on my desktop computer, which I would like to format. My machine runs Fedora 33, and I would like to ask you what format to adopt: the new Btrfs is advisable?
Moreover, could you please direct me to some documentation on how to format the hard disk? Using GParted?
Since nobody has replied I will take a shot and people can correct if needed...
Btrfs seems like a good choice since it improves data integrity and is now the default for fresh Fedora installs.
Best to format with a partition instead of just using the file system on the "raw" /dev/sdX, so yes for that one I guess.
You can use more than one partition if you want to segregate things for any reason, like backups etc. You might also like multiple partitions if it is a very large disk.
GParted is a fine choice, but whatever works for you. I use Xfce so the Accessories / Disks GUI works fine but I do also have GParted installed. I am sort of old school so tend to just use the `fdisk` command line util, but that is rather old so maybe gdisk would be the better option now.