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On 12/4/2009 3:57 PM, Frank Peters wrote: |
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> On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 20:36:48 -0600 |
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> Barry Schwartz<chemoelectric@×××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>> Depending on what the DOS fs stuff is for, sys-fs/ntfs3g might be a |
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>> better option, anyway, though I have a vfat partition from before I |
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>> discovered ntfs3g, and would keep dosfstools (and the kernel support) |
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>> and/or mtools around anyway, for working with those very occasional |
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>> floppies. |
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>> |
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> It's not just floppies. FAT still has a major use for formatting |
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> memory cards in digital cameras. If one is going to process digital |
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> images with Linux one had better have the ability to handle FAT |
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> partitions. |
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Don't know whether such precaution is necessary, but I kept a small FAT |
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(actually 8G is not so small) partition in my external harddisk that |
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contains drivers for ntfs-3g for the platforms that I may meet at the |
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middle of the road. It saved me a couple of times when I happen to be in |
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a computer (or Gentoo Live CD) that can't read (or can only read) NTFS. |
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