Re: [CentOS] Which file system to use for a USB backup

On 3/9/2011 4:56 PM, Todd Cary wrote:

I have some photographs on my Centos 4 server that I want to copy to a USB drive. However, I want to be able to access the files from Windows or Mac OS's. Where should I look for instructions on how to mount and format the USB drive and is FAT32 the only option?

After plugging it in, use 'dmesg' to see the device name that was just added and mount it wherever you want. Maybe you should think about switching to Centos 5 (or 6 soon...) which should automount on the desktop.

Fat32 is the only thing that will 'just work' across the different OS's and it is OK unless you are handling files >4GB. But don't you have a network for that sort of thing?