On Wednesday 15 February 2006 09:08, James Pifer wrote: > I have usb 2.0 disk with vfat on it. I'm unable to create symbolic links > or change permissions, such as chmod 777. I'm guessing its because it's > vfat, but wanted to make sure before I go to the trouble of moving the > data and reformatting the drive to ext2 or ext3. > > Can anyone verify that vfat is the problem? > > Thanks, > James The files loaded onto any Unix-like system will acquire the permission flags. (You could copy one file over and check for yourself ( for your peace of mind though). Be aware though that your usb disk will not be accessable from and M.Scat operating system after formatting to ext2 or ext3. -- Some people have convictions. Some people have opinions I think I'll have a cheeseburger!
