On Tuesday 17 October 2006 04:53, Russell L. Harris wrote: [...] > Most flash devices come from the factory with the VFAT file system. I > have been reformatting them, then making an "ext2" file system. This > scheme has been working for me, but I would like to receive comments and > recommendations. > [...]
On that point, I've found that if you use VFAT, some filenames (for example email messages, which in linux have names like 10985~1Z.4R0:2,S) can't be written, so files can fail to transfer. On the other hand I have had trouble getting Windows machines to recognise ext* flash drives, so I usually have one of each handy if I want to copy files to and from other people's computers. Regards, John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
