Re: can i use external hard drive on linux?

From	noydb@no.way (Bruce Sinclair)
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: can i use external hard drive on linux?
Date	2014-08-17 23:10 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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In article <opmdnVS0O889FHbOnZ2dnUU7-WudnZ2d@giganews.com>, Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> wrote:
>At Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:28:59 +0000 (UTC) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny
> McCormack) wrote:
>> In article <lsffj5$7nl$2@news.albasani.net>,
>> The Natural Philosopher  <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> ...
>> >If its to copy to and from windows no point in having it able to accept 
>> >filenames that windows cannot.
>> 
>> Well, OP said his immediate goal was to use the drive to move files from
>> Linux System A to Linux System B - that is, neither to nor from Windows.
>> 
>> Of course, the real hurdle in all this is that if he reformats it to use it
>> under Linux, he will:
>> 
>>     a) Lose whatever files are already on the drive.
>>     b) Lose (temporarily) the ability to use the drive under Windows.
>> 
>> Note that there are, in theory at least, workarounds for b) above (e.g.,
>> ext* drivers for Windows), none of them work very well.
>> 
>> P.S.  The best advice given so far in this thread is to try to use the
>> network to move the files instead of using the hard drive.
>
>There is also the 'trick' of using a tar archive to move the files, since the 
>tar archive will preserve the Linux filenames, owners, and permissions.  The 
>name and permissions of the tar file itself are not going to be important.

Thanks you (and the OP) for the reminder. Archives can indeed be our friends. 
:)

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can i use external hard drive on linux? newbie2 <xsli2@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-12 09:11 -0700
  Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Joe Makowiec <makowiec@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-12 16:23 +0000
  Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2014-08-12 11:45 -0500
  Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? A <a@a.com> - 2014-08-12 18:55 +0200
  Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Andreas Kohlbach <aug14.8.ankman@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-08-12 16:20 -0400
    Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-12 21:40 +0100
      Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Andreas Kohlbach <aug14.8.ankman@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-08-13 19:06 -0400
  Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-12 21:39 +0100
  Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Rikishi42 <skunkworks@rikishi42.net> - 2014-08-12 22:50 +0200
  Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2014-08-12 23:51 +0000
    Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-08-13 00:56 +0000
      Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2014-08-13 22:19 +0000
    Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2014-08-13 02:50 +0000
  Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? noydb@no.way (Bruce Sinclair) - 2014-08-12 23:13 +0000
    Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-13 11:44 +0100
      Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-08-13 15:28 +0000
        Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-13 16:31 +0100
          Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-08-13 15:42 +0000
            Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-13 20:06 +0100
              Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-08-13 19:20 +0000
          Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-13 16:04 +0000
            Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2014-08-13 11:18 -0500
              Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-13 16:28 +0000
              Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2014-08-14 02:49 +0000
        Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2014-08-13 10:52 -0500
          Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2014-08-13 20:50 +0000
          Re: can i use external hard drive on linux? noydb@no.way (Bruce Sinclair) - 2014-08-17 23:10 +0000

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