On Thu, 2009-09-17 at 20:30 -0700, Rich wrote: > How would I format a floppy to a linux file system, ext2 or other? > GUI or command line is fine. >
Carl has answered this better than I could. > Is there any advantage to doing so in order to save the preferences of > a CD only system, over a regular DOS 1.44 format? > This is a question I have pondered with regard to thumb drives. I keep an ext2 thumb on a lanyard around my neck that is my electronic "wallet." It has a GPG key (I mount the drive as ~/.gpgconf to use it) and a text file of all my account numbers, 800 numbers, etc. Also a list of hard-to-remember passwords. I figure there is no final way to protect this stuff except to control physical access. I also have a fat32 thumb on my keychain with putty and my various server outside IP addresses, both for me and the people I support. I keep this in M$ so I can use it on windoze boxen when abroad in the land. IIRC I stole this idea from Mark Wolfe (thankya Wolfie). There is no perfect security in computing or life, but controlling physical access seems like a start. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
