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SettingUpANewHardDiskForUseWithLinuxAndBackingUpTheDataMost likely, a new hard-disk would come with a FAT32 file system. However this file system cannot handle individual files which are bigger than 2 GB in size. Since, few of the dcd files that we generate in our lab are quite big, it's preferable to format the hard-disk to NTFS or EXT file system. NTFS file system can be easily accessed from windows OS however, a software needs to be installed to access it on Linux. EXT2 can be easily accessed on Linux however a EXT driver needs to be installed on windows OS. This driver is available for free from : http://www.fs-driver.org/ How to format the Hard-Disk to EXT format: /sbin/mkfs -t ext3 -v -L usbdisk /dev/sdb1 Make sure this hard-disk is installed on sdb1. Usbdisk is the disk label and can be changed by any other relevant name. How to synchronize the data on the Hard-disk and some other remote location rsync -a username@servername:~ . |