Jordon Bedwell:
Jochen Schulz wrote:
No, they couldn't. :) Windows (since at least XP) doesn't allow
formatting disks larger than (IIRC) 32GB with the FAT filesystem. It's
either NTFS or… NTFS.
[…] Yes, Windows XP will format a drive way past 32GB, it's
plain silly to say it won't, you
On 8/25/2010 7:12 AM, Jochen Schulz wrote:
Jordon Bedwell:
Jochen Schulz wrote:
No, they couldn't. :) Windows (since at least XP) doesn't allow
formatting disks larger than (IIRC) 32GB with the FAT filesystem. It's
either NTFS or… NTFS.
[…] Yes, Windows XP will format a drive way past 32GB,
Jordon Bedwell:
Calling you names? lol? And I don't need to read out-dated KB
articles,
Show me more recent ones which support your claim.
I logged into Windows XP machine here in the office and
did it before I even posted...I formatted an external HD with FAT32
with no problems.
You are
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Jordon Bedwell jor...@envygeeks.com wrote:
On 8/25/2010 7:12 AM, Jochen Schulz wrote:
Jordon Bedwell:
Jochen Schulz wrote:
No, they couldn't. :) Windows (since at least XP) doesn't allow
formatting disks larger than (IIRC) 32GB with the FAT filesystem.
Bob Proulx:
It is just a disk drive. There isn't anything magical about it
having come with FAT32. That is just a mild convenience so that the
casual MS user does not need to format it themselves. But they could
and you could too.
No, they couldn't. :) Windows (since at least XP) doesn't
Jochen Schulz wrote:
Bob Proulx:
It is just a disk drive. There isn't anything magical about it
having come with FAT32. That is just a mild convenience so that the
casual MS user does not need to format it themselves. But they could
and you could too.
No, they couldn't. :) Windows
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote:
Jochen Schulz wrote:
Bob Proulx:
No, they couldn't. :) Windows (since at least XP) doesn't allow
formatting disks larger than (IIRC) 32GB with the FAT filesystem. It's
either NTFS or… NTFS.
So... FAT32 supports up to 8T in
On 8/24/2010 6:22 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
Jochen Schulz wrote:
Bob Proulx:
It is just a disk drive. There isn't anything magical about it
having come with FAT32. That is just a mild convenience so that the
casual MS user does not need to format it themselves. But they could
and you could
I have been asked to set this HDD up as a backup device on a Lenny system. It
will primarily be used for photographs and personal files.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Verbatim-Desktop-External-Hard-Drive/dp/B0017422EA
It is currently formatted To and FAT32.
What would people recommend in this
I have been asked to set this HDD up as a backup device on a Lenny system. It
will primarily be used for photographs and personal files.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Verbatim-Desktop-External-Hard-Drive/dp/B0017422EA
It is currently formatted To and FAT32.
What would people recommend in this
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:49:05 +0100, Lisi wrote:
I have been asked to set this HDD up as a backup device on a Lenny
system. It will primarily be used for photographs and personal files.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Verbatim-Desktop-External-Hard-Drive/dp/
B0017422EA
It is currently formatted
Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com writes:
What would people recommend in this situation? Reformat or use FAT32? And
if
reformat, to what? I think that his slightly aged computer would probably
blow a gasket if asked to use ext4, so am wondering about ext3.
I bought a 1TB disk yesterday for the
On Monday 23 August 2010 16:05:38 Lisi wrote:
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On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 04:05:38PM +0100, Lisi wrote:
I have been asked to set this HDD up as a backup device on a Lenny
system. It will primarily be used for photographs and personal files.
[...]
What would people recommend in this situation? Reformat or use FAT32?
And if reformat, to
I recommend making it an LVM physical volume and creating a volume group on
top of it. Create a logical volume the exact size of the volume you are
backing up, then use dd to copy it for the first time (boot from a CD, if
necessary, so the source volume isn't mounted). Then create an LVM
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 12:24:08PM -0400, S Scharf wrote:
[...]
For each backup cycle (in a script called from cron), mount it and use
rsync to only change what needs changing, then unmount it and create an LVM
snapshot. Create the snapshots with names that include the date. To avoid
Lisi:
I have been asked to set this HDD up as a backup device on a Lenny system.
It
will primarily be used for photographs and personal files.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Verbatim-Desktop-External-Hard-Drive/dp/B0017422EA
The exact type of disk is irrelevant to your task. And, btw, the
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:05:38 +0100 Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote:
I have been asked to set this HDD up as a backup device on a Lenny
system. It will primarily be used for photographs and personal
files.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Verbatim-Desktop-External-Hard-Drive/dp/B0017422EA
It is
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:53:28 -0400 Gregory Seidman
gsslist+deb...@anthropohedron.net wrote:
I recommend making it an LVM physical volume and creating a volume
group on top of it. Create a logical volume the exact size of the
volume you are backing up, then use dd to copy it for the first
Lisi wrote:
I have been asked to set this HDD up as a backup device on a Lenny system.
...
It is currently formatted To and FAT32.
What would people recommend in this situation? Reformat or use
FAT32? And if reformat, to what?
It is just a disk drive. There isn't anything magical about
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