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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Filesystem recommendation for external media storage
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 08:25:48
Message-Id: 51CBF69C.5040703@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Filesystem recommendation for external media storage by Neil Bothwick
1 On 26/06/2013 17:59, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:22:54 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
3 >
4 >> I used to use ext4 for external media but quickly found that my notebook
5 >> was the only box that could use them...
6 >
7 > You could use ACLs to make everything world read/writeable.
8 >
9 > Sledgehammer, meet nut :)
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11 I have a pathological inability to type chomod 666
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13 Everytime I try it a background watchdog process in my brain kicks in
14 and a few million more neurons die a nasty death :-)
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19 >> exfat ticks more boxes than any other option
20 >
21 > Makes sense to me too
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27 Alan McKinnon
28 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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Re: [gentoo-user] Filesystem recommendation for external media storage Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>