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exFat or ext3, that is the question....
I have windows 7, the NV+ uses ext3 but W7 does not, it uses NTFS or exFat for large volumes. My concern is simply that if my NAS goes belly-up, I want to be able to access the data on the backup driv...
@sphardy: I see people are getting exFAT support on Debian
http://retrop.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/installing-exfat-on-debian-5-x-lenny/
I haven't tried it on my Duo with an external USB drive but I'm tempted because exFAT will be writeable from both Macs (back to OS10.4 I think) and Windows XP/7. However, I wonder if it'll be feasible to map the USB drive through Frontview if it's formatted exFAT?
http://retrop.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/installing-exfat-on-debian-5-x-lenny/
I haven't tried it on my Duo with an external USB drive but I'm tempted because exFAT will be writeable from both Macs (back to OS10.4 I think) and Windows XP/7. However, I wonder if it'll be feasible to map the USB drive through Frontview if it's formatted exFAT?
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