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

[Todd Cary]

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?
>

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