From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 06/16/2012 12:03 PM, Jim Beard wrote:   
   > On 06/16/2012 02:46 PM, Adam wrote:   
   >    
   >> I have a partition for automated nightly tarball backups on my   
   >> external HD. I'm going to change it to VFAT so it can be read by   
   >> Windows or Mac. This way, if my internal HD dies completely, I   
   >> can bring the external HD to any other computer and retrieve my   
   >> backups.   
   >   
   > Do note you will lose a bunch of information on each file held in the   
   > Inode, if you shift to VFAT.   
   >   
   > Cheers!   
   >   
   > jm b.   
   >   
      
   	Thanks for pointing this out, Jim.   
   	The obvious remedy is another Linux computer on standby   
   and it doesn't have to be the latest and greatest either.   
      
   	   
   	bliss   
      
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