On 10 May 2008, at 07:07, Michael Schmarck wrote:
So. We can use the same web pages, read the same email, why not share
hardware?
Because it doesn't make sense, to share the same filesystem for
backing up Windows and Linux?
You keep saying this like it's obvious, but don't provide any good
reason for it.
There's no reason why I shouldn't have a singe external drive
containing three directories: "My Mac", "Ann's Linux Box", "Bee's
Windows PC".
I can only assume that you find it inelegant to store files on a
filesystem which will not handle their metadata - ownership, group,
permissions in the case of Linux, or the more sophisticated ACLs used
by Windows XP Pro & 2003.
Just because YOU find it inelegant, doesn't mean that anyone else
cares. A file is a file, and when recovering from backups most of us
can drag & drop "My Photos" to the new filesystem and then take
ownership of the files.
Stroller.
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