External drives

[O. Sinclair]

On 21/02/2011 13:13, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:40:35 -0500
> FarSight Data Systems<msh at farsight-data.com>  wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Thanks for that. I could reformat the drive I suppose. Which would be
>>> better, NTFS or Ext4?
>>>
>> If you're backing up a Linux drive, use ext3 or ext4.  NTFS won't give you the
>> proper permissions.
>>
>> Mark
>> --
> Thanks, I had forgotten that. Yes it will be a Linux system to back up.
> I haven't used Windows for many years.
>
format it in ext3, then install Luckybackup - to install a new computer 
with a Luckybackup external backup and a Remastersys system backup on a 
bootable usb flash takes no time. Well, how long it actually takes 
depends on your /home size but it is supereasy otherwise. You install 
your own config from the flash, then run luckybackup to restore your 
data. Reboot and everything is there

Sinclair