Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery

[Alan McKinnon]

On 31/08/2016 01:06, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2016-08-30, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
>> On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:42:05 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:
>>
>>>> And why use exfat if you use linux? It is just not needed at all.
>>>
>>> I agree.  If you want to transport something between Linux systems,
>>> use ext2/3 and use "mount" options to handle the permission issues.
>>
>> You can't control ownership and permissions of existing files with mount
>> options on a Linux filesystem. See man mount.
>
> Oops, you're right.  I guess the options I was thinking of don't work
> for ext2/3.  They do work for fat, cifs, hfs, hpfs, ntfs, iso9660, and
> various others.
>
> I very rarely put a writable filesystem on a USB flash drive. I treat
> them either as a CD/DVD for installation ISO images, or I use them as
> "tapes" and just tar stuff to/from them.
>
> I do make a point of using consistent UID/GID values across multiple
> installations, so on the rare occasions I do put a writable filesystem
> on a flash drive, it "just works".
>



Something intrigues me about this thread:

If the file in question is so valuable and expensive, why don't you make
another copy of the original onto a new USB stick?

-- 
Alan McKinnon
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