Les - A lot of the data needs to be moved in time to servers in other organizations (e.g. Rotary) or the data may be used as a repository for someone with just a notebook computer who would plug the HD into the computer. This is not my main data backup; I use rsync for that. http://www.toddcary.com/rotary/ is one example of data that needs to be shared. Can rsync take ext4 data and copy it to a fat32 drive? Todd On 3/9/2011 3:16 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > 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? > -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com