On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 09:10 +0100, Green, Matthew A. wrote: > PassivePROFITS (a.k.a PP) Wrote: > > 2. Can I back up direct from / (ex3) to NTFS > > (or do I need to format current NTFS to ex3 1st? > > > I don't think (not 100% sure) you'll be able to write to NTFS (excluding > experimental stuff) so either reformat first or save to a network folder > if you've got another PC you can connect to?
NTFS isn't totally compatible with ext3, one good example being the inability to store a filename with ":", for obvious reasons. There are quite a few applications that have data files with ":" in their names, such Evolution, Nautilus and quite a few man pages. It would be wise to reformat the NTFS drive first. Toby -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
