[CentOS] Which file system to use for a USB backup
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Wed Mar 9 23:16:39 UTC 2011
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?
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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