From: lars@beagle-ears.com   
      
   On 2026-01-07, Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 00:27:30 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2026-01-06, Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 18:48:30 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> I REALLY wish that I could get the Windows behavior as a mount   
   >>>> option in Linux ...   
   >>>   
   >>> You can .   
   >>   
   >> That article is from 2019 and says someone has worked on a set of   
   >> patches, but Linus Torvalds himself has vetoed accepting them into   
   >> the kernel ...   
   >   
   > They are in the kernel now. I have tried the new feature, and it   
   > works.   
   >   
   >> Note that all content is lost as mkfs will recreate a fresh   
   >> filesystem, so you either will need to prepare in advance and either   
   >> backup/restore or reinstall the games/contents in the drive after   
   >> reformatting.   
   >   
   > This is why you have backups.   
      
   Yeah, but do you know how long it takes to backup two terabytes   
   over a USB port?   
      
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   Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California   
      
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