On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 3:01:43 pm Robert Fisher wrote: > To set up my USB Portable Hard drive enclosure. > Create ntfs partion with > cfdisk /dev/sdc > > Format ntfs partition with > mkfs.ntfs /dev/sdc1 -L portable (portable = volume name)
Of course you need to have ntfs-3g installed. This method means that you have a partition readable by both Windows and Linux without the filesize restrictions of Fat32. > > Mount drive (writable) with > mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usbdrive/ -o force > (Having first created folder /mnt/usbdrive) > or for my pocket drive..... > mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdc5 /mnt/usbpocket/ -o force > > My bak backup...... > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# rsync -urC --delete /mnt/bak/ /mnt/usbpocket/bak/
