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suicidaleggroll 06-23-2016 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by LukeRFI (Post 5565154)
Linux, by default will only mount HFS+ in RO, but you can easily bypass it and still mount RW:
Only if journaling has been disabled on the drive from a Mac system, and even then it doesn't support the special Linux file times and Windows still won't be able to read it, so it's not the right choice for a backup of a Linux system that may have to be read on any of the three OSs.

LukeRFI 06-23-2016 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by suicidaleggroll (Post 5565235)
Only if journaling has been disabled on the drive from a Mac system, and even then it doesn't support the special Linux file times and Windows still won't be able to read it, so it's not the right choice for a backup of a Linux system that may have to be read on any of the three OSs.
Agreed, though I didn't notice any mention of Windows. Personally, I'd avoid FAT32 if at all possible. It is way to unstable in my opinion.

jackfrostt25 06-24-2016 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by LukeRFI (Post 5565154)
Linux, by default will only mount HFS+ in RO, but you can easily bypass it and still mount RW:
Still read only with this, thanks though

biosboy4 06-24-2016 10:45 AM
if you're backing up 700gb worth of files than I imagine that at least one of those files is likely over 4gb (especially if you have video) If that's the case, fat32 will not work.

I honestly would go with NTFS if you're concerned about compatibility as I'm sure mac can support that by now, and if for some reason it doesn't then there are other options like vms or bootcamp.

If you're not concerned with windows/mac compatibility at all then definitely go with EXT* (probably *4)


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