On Samstag, 10. Mai 2008, Stroller wrote: > 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.
if you tar 'em up you don't even need to worry about the file permission capabilities of the underlying fs. Just don't forget the -p switch on extraction ;) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
