David wrote: > On Saturday 24 December 2005 06:24 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >>rjlapham wrote: >> >>>Just got a new Seagate external USB 160GB hard disk for Christmas. I >>>want to use it to backup my 40GB linux box, 40 GB WinXP laptop, and 13GB >>>legacy box now running Win98SE, which are networked together. The drive >>>came with a single 149GB FAT32 partition. How would you recommend >>>partitioning and formatting it? >>> >>> -Jerry >> >>With a file system compatable with the backup software you are going >>to use. > > > Not very elegant, but what I did was..... > 1.) I created a folder on my 130GB drive called Windows XP and one called > Linux > 2.) I copied my Linux home folder into the Linux folder > 3.) I copied the entire Windows drive into the Windows XP folder. > Seems to work just fine. > DBW > When you copy your home directly to a FAT partition, you lose most of the file permissions. You are better off using tar to backup your home directory to an archive.
You may also want to consider using a backup program to backup XP, rather then just doing a copy. There is also backup software that will backup both Windows and Linux - ether to a local drive, or over the network. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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