[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 24, Issue 49

[Toby Smithe]

On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 09:10 +0100, Green, Matthew A. wrote:
> PassivePROFITS (a.k.a PP) Wrote:
> > 2.  Can I back up direct from / (ex3) to NTFS
> >     (or do I need to format current NTFS to ex3 1st?
> >   
> I don't think (not 100% sure) you'll be able to write to NTFS (excluding 
> experimental stuff) so either reformat first or save to a network folder 
> if you've got another PC you can connect to?

NTFS isn't totally compatible with ext3, one good example being the
inability to store a filename with ":", for obvious reasons. There are
quite a few applications that have data files with ":" in their names,
such Evolution, Nautilus and quite a few man pages. It would be wise to
reformat the NTFS drive first.

Toby