Thanks for your suggestions. I am sorry to disagree with some of your points.
> So the filename restrictions are a problem that a lot of people are going to face, and not one that we can do much about in Ubuntu. I think I described in my very first posting what I think one might theoretically do about this. Please read. > While I agree that 4GiB maximum file size (note that that's for one file, not a whole disk) might be starting to limit some people, nothing springs to mind that would normally exceed that limit You named the case yourself: "If you want to back up an entire system, I suggest you put the files into some sort of archive, and give that a dull, boring name that works anywhere" (your own words a few lines above). I suppose most people have systems bigger than 4GB, don't you think? > You can of course format your stick as NTFS already--that supports extended filenames, and will work with modern Linux and Windows. I don't know about Macs. A quick google search suggests that there is no out of the box NTFS support in any Mac OSX. > If you do want to set up the ext3 based system you described, then you will need to make a small FAT (or NTFS) partition on your USB drive, and place in there the installer for the Windows ext IFS driver, which can be found at http://www.fs-driver.org/ See point Nr. 2 in my original posting. Please read. -- Not ext2/ext3 drivers for other operating systems available when you format an external HDD or USB stick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/237575 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
