Bob Goodwin - W2BOD wrote: > > Of course it would be neat if I can save Linux configuration stuff to it > in preparation for installing F7 on this box. I will have to experiment > further with it to develop some confidence in it. > For your personal configuration stuff, put it in a .tar or .zip archive, and save the archive to the USB drive. That way, you can restore them and have the same permissions. For daemon configuration files, you should do it as root. For example, you could archive the /etc/samba directory, and the /etc/httpd directories each in their own archive. > I guess the question then becomes should I re-format it to ext2 or some > such or can I leave it as it is and have it available to my computer and > the Windows and Mac computers around this house that I coexist with? > Anything that comes to me that is intended for MS Windows is suspect! > If you want to be able to transfer files to windows machines, you are better off leaving it formatted as is. It will probably work fine for your Linux uses as well. It is only if you need the extra attributes of an ext3 file system that it is worth changing. What you plan to use the drive for determines the file system to use. It is possible to partition a flash drive to have more then one file system on it. But if you go that route, it is better to partition it on a Windows system, and format the FAT partition there as well. Linux can use the Windows partitioning, but Windows may have problems with the Linux partitioning. (Linux will accept the drive geometry that Windows used, but Windows may not accept the geometry that Linux uses on a clean drive.) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
