epoch1970;450213 Wrote: > First I don't want to derail the thread, so I'll be quick. I confess a > poor choice of words. > 2 weeks ago I was helping a new mac user scavenge 5 years worth of > digital pictures from her NTFS formatted drive. She had written to it > with the mac port of ntfs-3g, and, shazam! drive empty after reboot. A > rare problem, it seems. But, there it was. > In general I only gained problems not using the native, mainstream, > filesystem on an OS. Any OS. > With filesystems, a "problem" usually means files lost forever, or a > lot of stress and time spent repairing. > It ain't funny, so whenever possible, I try minimizing the chances, and > using the same system as everybody else. I go mainstream when choosing > my FS. > NTFS on linux is not the middle of the road. Well ok, it's a 6-lane > highway :) > > Anyways, Bruce S. has a backup, and this is commendable indeed, > regardless of the FS. I won't disagree with anything you've said here. Perhaps I've been skating on thin ice all this time by using ntfs-3g. Since I treat the audio content disk on my "production" SBServer as a backup of my primary audio store on my window ripping machine, I've allowed the convenience factor to trump safety. I'll let you know when I rue the day.
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