File transfer problem

[Johnneylee Rollins]

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>        If I said that it is in error. WinXP is in /dev/sda1 and
> Ubuntu 9.04 is in the /dev/sda3 partitions.
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>        And I can mount the ntfs file systems now with no problems.

You mentioned that there was a usb device involved. You said, "you
have a hard drive in a small case with a lot of files on an ext3 file
system that is accessed via a USB port." I was thinking that you were
using that as what I call a "Storage drive". If this is the case I
think you should move the data off of the device, which may be called
a backup, then you should format the device to a file system type that
can be read and written to through the operating systems you use.

The only real criteria I'd use to choose the file system types are
read/write compatibility and look at the shortcomings of the file
system type.

I'd suggest fat32 for windows, mac and linux. The main shortcoming is
that fat32 cannot handle a file over 4Gb. If that's a problem, and you
either don't use mac software or know how to write to a ntfs partition
with mac, I'd choose ntfs.

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~SpaceGhost