external hard drives

[annalisa144]

I've been looking at USB external hard drives online, and most mention
being compatible with Windows/Macs, but also say no software required.
What are the chances I'll have trouble with one that doesn't
specifically mention being Linux compatible?

[Charlie Peck]

You are almost certainly going to be able to use any external USB
drive with a Linux machine. It will probably come formatted for
Windows/DOS which most modern Linux distributions can read/write or
you can reformat it to be a native Linux/Un*x volume.

charlie