Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

> On 31 Aug 2016, at 16:25, Grant wrote: > >> 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 4GB. I > know it's beta software but

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:32:19 -0700, Grant wrote: > If I use ext2 on the USB stick, can I mount and use it as any user on > any Gentoo system from within a file manager like thunar? No, because ext2 uses proper Linux file permissions. > Should I consider ext3/4 with journaling disabled? That's

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:12:12 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> OP is looking for an fs to put on a memory stick that will work > >> everywhere: > >> > >> - vfat > >> - exfat > > > > He asked for something that would work "across Gentoo systems". > > > > > > How does exfat not fulfil that? It

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

Am 30.08.2016 um 22:32 schrieb Grant: ext2 doesn't have a journal, that's why I suggested it in the first > place. My point was against all the journalised filesystems (that includes NTFS), not against your advice ;) >>> OP is looking for

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 4:32 PM, Grant wrote: >> >> ext2 is on every system, exfat not. ext2 is very stable, tested and well >> aged. exfat is some fuse something crap. New, hardly tested and unstable >> as it gets. >> > > If I use ext2 on the USB stick, can I mount and use

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>>> ext2 doesn't have a journal, that's why I suggested it in the >>> first place. >>> My point was against all the journalised filesystems (that >>> includes >>> NTFS), not against your advice ;) >>> >> >> OP is looking for an fs to put on a memory stick that will

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

Am 30.08.2016 um 21:14 schrieb J. Roeleveld: > On August 30, 2016 8:58:17 PM GMT+02:00, Volker Armin Hemmann > wrote: >> Am 30.08.2016 um 20:12 schrieb Alan McKinnon: >>> On 30/08/2016 14:04, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:08:13 +0200, Alan McKinnon

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Grant wrote: > I decided to copy a 10GB file from a USB hard disk directly to the USB > stick this morning and I ran into errors so I canceled the operation > and now the file manager (thunar) has been stuck for well over an hour > and I'm

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On August 30, 2016 8:58:17 PM GMT+02:00, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >Am 30.08.2016 um 20:12 schrieb Alan McKinnon: >> On 30/08/2016 14:04, Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:08:13 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> >> ext2 doesn't have a journal, that's

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

Am 30.08.2016 um 20:12 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > On 30/08/2016 14:04, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:08:13 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> > ext2 doesn't have a journal, that's why I suggested it in the first > place. My point was against all the journalised

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

On 30/08/2016 14:04, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:08:13 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: ext2 doesn't have a journal, that's why I suggested it in the first place. My point was against all the journalised filesystems (that includes NTFS), not against your advice ;) OP is

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 1:35 AM, Azamat Hackimov wrote: > > I would recommend to use F2FS filesystem, since you have only Linux systems. > As a user of immature filesystems, I would not recommend F2FS unless you want to be a user of immature filesystems. Remember how

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:08:13 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> ext2 doesn't have a journal, that's why I suggested it in the first > >> place. > > > > My point was against all the journalised filesystems (that includes > > NTFS), not against your advice ;) > > > > > OP is looking for an fs

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:43:13 +0200, Alarig Le Lay wrote: > On Tue Aug 30 10:40:01 2016, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > ext2 doesn't have a journal, that's why I suggested it in the first > > place. > > My point was against all the journalised filesystems (that includes > NTFS), not against your

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On 30/08/2016 11:43, Alarig Le Lay wrote: > On Tue Aug 30 10:40:01 2016, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> ext2 doesn't have a journal, that's why I suggested it in the first place. > > My point was against all the journalised filesystems (that includes > NTFS), not against your advice ;) > OP is

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On Tue Aug 30 10:40:01 2016, Neil Bothwick wrote: > ext2 doesn't have a journal, that's why I suggested it in the first place. My point was against all the journalised filesystems (that includes NTFS), not against your advice ;) -- alarig signature.asc Description: Digital signature

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On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 10:29:00 +0200, Alarig Le Lay wrote: > > So I'm done with NTFS forever. Will ext2 somehow allow me to use the > > USB stick across Gentoo systems without permission/ownership > > problems? > > I always use pmount for USB and other flash devices to have it > mounted with my

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On Mon Aug 29 17:51:19 2016, Grant wrote: > So I'm done with NTFS forever. Will ext2 somehow allow me to use the > USB stick across Gentoo systems without permission/ownership problems? I always use pmount for USB and other flash devices to have it mounted with my user permissions at all times.

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On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 17:51:19 -0700, Grant wrote: > # ddrescue -d -r3 /dev/sdb usb.img usb.log > [...] > Ah, I got it, I just needed to specify the offset when mounting. Tht's because you ran ddrescue on the whole stick and not the partition containing the filesystem. > Thank you so much

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On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 06:46:54 +0100, Mick wrote: > > So I'm done with NTFS forever. Will ext2 somehow allow me to use the > > USB stick across Gentoo systems without permission/ownership problems? > > > > - Grant > > ext2 will work, but you'll have to mount it or chmod -R 0777, or only > root

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On Monday 29 Aug 2016 17:51:19 Grant wrote: > > I have a USB stick with a crucial file on it (and only an old backup > > elsewhere). It's formatted NTFS because I wanted to be able to open > > the file on various Gentoo systems and my research indicated that > >>> > >>>NTFS > >>> >

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2016-08-30 5:51 GMT+05:00 Grant : > Ah, I got it, I just needed to specify the offset when mounting. > Thank you so much everyone. Many hours of work went into the file I > just recovered. > > So I'm done with NTFS forever. Will ext2 somehow allow me to use the > USB stick

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> I have a USB stick with a crucial file on it (and only an old backup > elsewhere). It's formatted NTFS because I wanted to be able to open > the file on various Gentoo systems and my research indicated that >>>NTFS > was the best solution. > > I decided to copy a 10GB

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

I have a USB stick with a crucial file on it (and only an old backup elsewhere). It's formatted NTFS because I wanted to be able to open the file on various Gentoo systems and my research indicated that >>NTFS was the best solution. I decided to copy a 10GB file from

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

On August 29, 2016 3:24:18 AM GMT+02:00, Grant wrote: >>> I have a USB stick with a crucial file on it (and only an old backup >>> elsewhere). It's formatted NTFS because I wanted to be able to open >>> the file on various Gentoo systems and my research indicated that >NTFS

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

>> I have a USB stick with a crucial file on it (and only an old backup >> elsewhere). It's formatted NTFS because I wanted to be able to open >> the file on various Gentoo systems and my research indicated that NTFS >> was the best solution. >> >> I decided to copy a 10GB file from a USB hard

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

On Sunday 28 Aug 2016 11:49:44 Grant wrote: > I have a USB stick with a crucial file on it (and only an old backup > elsewhere). It's formatted NTFS because I wanted to be able to open > the file on various Gentoo systems and my research indicated that NTFS > was the best solution. > > I decided

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 11:49:44 -0700, Grant wrote: > I have a USB stick with a crucial file on it (and only an old backup > elsewhere). It's formatted NTFS because I wanted to be able to open > the file on various Gentoo systems and my research indicated that NTFS > was the best solution. If it's

[gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

I have a USB stick with a crucial file on it (and only an old backup elsewhere). It's formatted NTFS because I wanted to be able to open the file on various Gentoo systems and my research indicated that NTFS was the best solution. I decided to copy a 10GB file from a USB hard disk directly to