Well, the only thing that FAT has going for it is ease of recovery of a crashed system and sometimes better performance than NTFS on small file systems. Otherwise, NTFS has better security, handles large file systems better, and has better recovery for file system errors or sudden system reboots. Basically, using FAT instead of NTFS for NT is like using FAT instead of ext2 for Linux.
Regards, Dustin --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Information Systems Consultant http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear In the beginning the Universe was created. This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Shannon Roddy > Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 10:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [brluglist] Can Linux access W2K/WinXP filesystems? > > > I think that the choice between ntfs and fat depends on the > application. If it is not being used in a way that security is > important, I use fat. If I am worried about security then I of course > use NTFS. I think it all depends on where and how the computer will be > used. > > Shannon > > > On Sun, 2001-12-09 at 10:03, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > As an experienced NT administrator I would advise that you NOT > install anything using FAT. Always use NTFS. In the far distant > past system recovery of NTFS systems may have been an issue, but > no longer since there are NTFS rescue programs available. Also, > using FAT instead of NTFS, especially on system partitions, can > create security issues. > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > --- > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Information Systems Consultant > > http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear > > In the beginning the Universe was created. > > This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tim Fournet > > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 11:10 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [brluglist] Can Linux access W2K/WinXP filesystems? > > > > > > NTFS may still be a problem though. Linux doesn't get along > with it very well. If you have the choice, I'd recommend > installing your test systems with FAT anyway. It makes disaster-recovery > > easier in general. If you're stuck using NTFS, then maybe a dd > of the whole partition will work? Although it'll require that you > restore to the same geometry. > > > > -Tim > > > > > > On Fri, 2001-12-07 at 11:02, Tim Fournet wrote: > > Check this out: > > http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/ > > > > -Tim > > > > > > On Fri, 2001-12-07 at 10:47, John Hebert wrote: > > Cool! Thanks Kevin. Your link had a link to this: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/partimage, which is what I was > trying to accomplish. > > > > I'm setting up a software test environment for multiple OSs, > and needed to restore various OS images as needed. > > > > John Hebert > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Bucknum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 10:41 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [brluglist] Can Linux access W2K/WinXP filesystems? > > > > > > > > http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Hebert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 10:27 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: [brluglist] Can Linux access W2K/WinXP filesystems? > > > > > > My quick and dirty testing says it can't, but where would I go > to get the > > official scoop? > > > > John Hebert > > System Engineer > > I T Group, Inc. > > http://www.it-group.com > > > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > -- > __________________________________________________________________ > Shannon Roddy California Institute of Technology > [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory > ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane > fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ > ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
