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On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, Howard Coakley wrote: > Q: As these will mainly be win32 mirrors, is it sensible to make 4 separate > _fat_ partitions on my linux box - instead of ext2 partitions for each user. I think there is no benefit from doing this, as fat filesystems don't have the capabilites to handle a multi user system (like linux, or NT) in any sensbile way. Fat filesystems don't have any concept of a user owning a file. This is why NTFS exists for Windows multi user systems. And (very much imho), fat is a terrible filesystem anyway. I'd much rather keep data I was worried about on ext2 or ufs. As an aside recent kernels seem to have a free VxFS implementaion in them (VxFS is the vary expensive veritas filesystem). > Q2: If ext2 is a better or safer option, will this file system complicate my > intended folder mirroring or any subsequent auto-backup proces I might > choose for these win98 boxes? Shouldn't do. > Any other pointers? When editing windows login scripts, edit them on a windows box. Unless you're fairly careful about doing it under linux the windows boxes will fail to run the scripts correctly. That one took me ages to work out when I did it. Alex. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.