Subj : Re: backing up windows on linux - fs and sharing question
To   : comp.os.linux
From : chris
Date : Sat Nov 06 2004 02:07 am

On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 00:06:59 +0000, Mark Hobley wrote:

> Larry I Smith <larryXiXsmith@verizon.net> wrote:
>> Eric Peterson wrote:
>> 
>> No, not really.  NTFS is currently read-only in Linux; you can
>> read it but you can't write to it.
>> 
> 
> You could use FAT32.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark.


You could try documenting your Linux solution for the next guy. With even
a basic outline of your setup someone would be able to go behind you and
access the data on the new linux drive. This would let you use the
Linux file system of your choice. FAT 32 would work, but it might be a
step backwards if you goal is security and stability and I wouldn't bet
the farm on being able to slap it into a win32 box and magicly get all
your data back. You could also use NT backup from a win32 box to backup
the data on the Linux share so that if need be it could be restored to a
windows partition in the event of failure.

Just my 2 cents,

Chris

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