Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:18:45 -0400, PJ <af.gour...@videotron.ca> wrote: > >> Now that I have had a few moments to think about it, maybe I have to >> give good old cruze and enema and format it under XP ... maybe all it >> needs is a clean system on it. ;-) >> > > I'm not sure if USB sticks tend to degrade filesystem-wise, > but when you put such a stick into random "Windows" PCs, it's > quite possible that data gets messed up. The most ideal > solution of course is to simply newfs the stick and give it > a UFS file system, but sadly, "Windows" PC are resistent to > standards, so they won't read it, but will force you to use > old-fashioned MS-DOS-like file systems. :-) > > > I do hate MS, but can't totally avoid it. Now, I hope the key works to transfer the dumpfiles even if it's in Fat32...
Anyway, thanks much for your guidance and patience. :-) I think I'll be able to float by myself... for a while at least. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
