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?
Yes, you're completely right. Vfat doesn't have support for such things.
James.
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