> > 1 - you are still using a Win98 system and so NTFS isn't supported??? > > NTFS is not supported on some forms of solaris, linux and other OS's we have > in the office - windows is not the only operating system on the market and > many standalone devices only support the win98/fat32 formats due to MS > licensing of NTFS.
I know that Linux has support for NTFS. I have found that FreeBSD and OpenSolaris supports NTFS... So what other OS's do we really need to worry about? > > 2 - you can't afford *$40* CDN for a *1 TB* external USB2 storage > device???!!! > > Still does not help when moving files from one set of OS's to another > - even when going from the same type of device to another, you do not > want to have to reformat your USB sticks every time you start the move > process - it is easier to have a simple set of script that work and a > universal > filing system that comes standard on all usb thumb drives/sd cards Why would move the database as a native file? It would be much better to zip up the database even applying a nominal compress (telling the compress utility to create appropriate block size) to move the file... Sean ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
