Subj : Re: backing up windows on linux - fs and sharing question
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Durk van Veen
Date : Wed Nov 03 2004 05:31 pm


"Eric Peterson" <lastname_nospam@heritage.nv.gov> wrote in message
news:64did.2656$h84.1415@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com...

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>
> What I am wondering is:
>
> Can I use NTFS on the second hd, mount it to /home, and share it back so
> that the windows boxes will see it like they see shared folders on other
> windows boxes?
>

Yes on all of this, except for the use of NTFS. As long as you keep the
drive in the Linux box, you can just use ext3 or any other Linux file
system. If you share the drive out through Samba, users will be able to see
it just like a file-share on another Windows machine, provided they can
authenticate to the Linux box (for instance by making the Linux machine part
of a domain).

> More importantly, would it then be theoretically possible to take the
second
> hd out, put it in a windows box, and read the files just fine?

That I'm not so sure. See previous point and other replies to your question:
because the drive will not be NTFS you won't just be able to plop it into a
Windows box and be able to read it. I'm not sure on what would happen if the
drive were FAT32, presumably that would work. However, if the drive is ext2,
ReiserFS or somesuch, you would definitely not be able to read it from a
Windows box. At least not without additional drivers.

> Thanks!
> -Eric
>
>

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