Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery

2016-08-31 Thread J. Roeleveld
On August 31, 2016 11:45:15 PM GMT+02:00, Alan McKinnon wrote: >On 31/08/2016 17:25, Grant wrote: Is there a filesystem that will make that unnecessary and exhibit better reliability than NTFS? >>> >>> Yes, FAT. It works and works well. >>> Or exFAT which

[gentoo-user] x-rite i1 display3 support

2016-08-31 Thread Devrin Talen
I'm trying to use an X-rite i1 Display 3 to calibrate my laptop screen in gnome 3 and running into some trouble. The color calibration settings screen opens up as soon as I plug in the calibrator, and the first error I see is after I've gone through all the options and clicked the start button to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery

2016-08-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 31/08/2016 17:25, Grant wrote: Is there a filesystem that will make that unnecessary and exhibit better reliability than NTFS? Yes, FAT. It works and works well. Or exFAT which is Microsoft's solution to the problem of very large files on FAT. FAT32 won't work for me since I need to use

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery

2016-08-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:09:43 -0400, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: > > Have you considered using cloud storage for the files instead? That > > also gives you the option of version control with some services. > > The initial backup of my hard drives would easily burn through my > monthly

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery

2016-08-31 Thread waltdnes
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 08:47:11AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 08:45:22 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > USB sticks are not that reliable to start with, so > > relying on the filesystem to preserve your important files is not > > enough. You have spent far more time on this

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery

2016-08-31 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Wednesday, August 31, 2016 12:12:15 AM Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am 30.08.2016 um 23:59 schrieb Rich Freeman: >> > >> > That depends on the mode of operation. In journal=data I believe >> > everything gets written

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery

2016-08-31 Thread Grant
>> Is there a >> filesystem that will make that unnecessary and exhibit better >> reliability than NTFS? > > Yes, FAT. It works and works well. > Or exFAT which is Microsoft's solution to the problem of very large > files on FAT. FAT32 won't work for me since I need to use files larger than

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery

2016-08-31 Thread Michael Mol
On Wednesday, August 31, 2016 12:12:15 AM Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am 30.08.2016 um 23:59 schrieb Rich Freeman: > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann > > > > wrote: > >> the journal does not add any data integrity benefits at all. It just >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery

2016-08-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 12:30:42 +0200, Alarig Le Lay wrote: > On Wed Aug 31 08:47:11 2016, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > Have you considered using cloud storage for the files instead? That > > also gives you the option of version control with some services. > > Seriously, why cloud? The Cloud is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery

2016-08-31 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 6:30 AM, Alarig Le Lay wrote: > On Wed Aug 31 08:47:11 2016, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> Have you considered using cloud storage for the files instead? That also >> gives you the option of version control with some services. > > Seriously, why cloud? The

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery

2016-08-31 Thread Alarig Le Lay
On Wed Aug 31 08:47:11 2016, Neil Bothwick wrote: > Have you considered using cloud storage for the files instead? That also > gives you the option of version control with some services. Seriously, why cloud? The Cloud is basically a marketing term that define “Internet, like before, but cooler”,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery

2016-08-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 08:45:22 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > USB sticks are not that reliable to start with, so > relying on the filesystem to preserve your important files is not > enough. You have spent far more time on this than you would have spent > making backups of the file! Have you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery

2016-08-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:08:26 -0700, Grant wrote: > > You can't control ownership and permissions of existing files with > > mount options on a Linux filesystem. See man mount. > > So in order to use a USB stick between multiple Gentoo systems with > ext2, I need to make sure my users have