how to backup

David Fletcher dave at thefletchers.net
Thu Aug 14 08:53:51 UTC 2014


On Wed, 2014-08-13 at 10:29 +0100, James Freer wrote:
> The file size limit for FAT32 is 4GB I think. The only problem with formatting 
> a stick to ext3 is the journaling - writing and checking to the stick will 
> shorten it's life. That's why folk use FAT32 - for larger files (on the larger 
> capacity sticks) it is wise to use ext2 (doesn't have journaling) or ext4 
> (using the without journaling option).

I sit corrected thank you. I knew it wasn't the current version because
of the journalling. Think I used gparted to do it.

Dave


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