Thanks for all the advice, I've got a lot to think about now, I had assumed that the linux/osx compatibilty would be greater.
Given the problems I've had with reiser, what linux filesystem should I go with on the hard drive? Ext3? Since it is a backup drive, being like eliot ness would be nice. ned --- Agent M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Has anything else in your home been fried my iffy > >> power? If the drive > >> is genuinely fried, then throw it out. Before you > > > > No, the only thing that's been affected is the > > external drive. I'm going to reformat it in > reiser, at > > least to back up the laptop. I'm using kanotix > > 2005-03, and I finally got a copy of 2005-04 which > I'm > > now going to install. > > > > You mentioned that reiser is known for getting > > corrupted, should I maybe choose another file > system? > Of all the Linux filesystems available, Reiser is > simply the most > experimental. I know SuSE and other distributions > use it by default. > For backing up your files, you might consider > something else for the > simple reason that you have already been burnt once > before. > > AgentM > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � > > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
