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On Samstag, 10. Mai 2008, Stroller wrote: |
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> On 10 May 2008, at 07:07, Michael Schmarck wrote: |
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> >> So. We can use the same web pages, read the same email, why not share |
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> >> hardware? |
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> > |
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> > Because it doesn't make sense, to share the same filesystem for |
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> > backing up Windows and Linux? |
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> You keep saying this like it's obvious, but don't provide any good |
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> reason for it. |
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> There's no reason why I shouldn't have a singe external drive |
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> containing three directories: "My Mac", "Ann's Linux Box", "Bee's |
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> Windows PC". |
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> I can only assume that you find it inelegant to store files on a |
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> filesystem which will not handle their metadata - ownership, group, |
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> permissions in the case of Linux, or the more sophisticated ACLs used |
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> by Windows XP Pro & 2003. |
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> Just because YOU find it inelegant, doesn't mean that anyone else |
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> cares. A file is a file, and when recovering from backups most of us |
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> can drag & drop "My Photos" to the new filesystem and then take |
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> ownership of the files. |
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> |
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> Stroller. |
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if you tar 'em up you don't even need to worry about the file permission |
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capabilities of the underlying fs. Just don't forget the -p switch on |
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extraction ;) |
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