filesystems for external drivesx

[Kent Fredric]

On 2 November 2013 02:30, Nicholas Clark <nick at ccl4.org> wrote:

> 1) I can mount NTFS read/write on Linux. But is there any good way on Linux
>    to correctly copy files from one NTFS file system to another, preserving
>    everything? (specifically Alternate Data Streams, which I see that I
> have
>    here, when I mount said file system read-only on OS X)
>
2) Is there any sane choice of file system to use which will mount
> read/write
>    on both Linux and OS X, and support at least basic POSIX features?
>    (ownership, permissions, hard links) (on Snow Leopard, if it matters)
> 3) Is there any Linux equivalent to OS X sparse bundles?
>    (And if the answer to that is yes, I guess it mostly doesn't matter, as
> one
>    just formats the disk as FAT32, and makes images on top of it)
>


NTFS3G Does support translation of ACLS and ADS, just might require special
mount configuration to get it.

http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-advanced/extended-attributes/
http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-advanced/ownership-and-permissions/
http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-advanced/data-compression/

Given the right mount flags, and the right parameters to rsync, you should
be able to perform a disk-to-disk copy preserving most things. I've just
not used it sufficiently to know if it is comprehensive.


-- 
Kent