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#1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:47 AM

Would you recommend to set these 2 directories (distfiles, packages) on FAT32
partition?

Sometimes it facilitates swapping those binary files (wich are of time-
consuming downloads/compilations) between computers, especially when they are
multiboot ones and sometimes they run MSwindows ...

Anyways, is there any risk of using FAT32 specifically for these two
directories (assuming all other partitions are ext3)?

--
S

#2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:47 AM

S wrote:

> Would you recommend to set these 2 directories (distfiles, packages) on
> FAT32 partition?
>
> Sometimes it facilitates swapping those binary files (wich are of time-
> consuming downloads/compilations) between computers, especially when they
> are multiboot ones and sometimes they run MSwindows ...
>
> Anyways, is there any risk of using FAT32 specifically for these two
> directories (assuming all other partitions are ext3)?
>
For distfiles, some of them need to be made executable. I'm not sure if this
is done after download or before unpacking, so you might be ok.

#3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:47 AM

S enlightened us with:
> Would you recommend to set these 2 directories (distfiles, packages)
> on FAT32 partition?

Definitely not for packages. That dir uses symlinks, which don't exist
on FAT.

> Sometimes it facilitates swapping those binary files (wich are of
> time- consuming downloads/compilations) between computers,
> especially when they are multiboot ones and sometimes they run
> MSwindows ...

So? Then you share them using Samba.

> Anyways, is there any risk of using FAT32 specifically for these two
> directories (assuming all other partitions are ext3)?

Yes.

Sybren
--
The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

#4 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:47 AM

>> Would you recommend to set these 2 directories (distfiles, packages)
>> on FAT32 partition?
>
>> Sometimes it facilitates swapping those binary files (wich are of
>> time- consuming downloads/compilations) between computers,
>> especially when they are multiboot ones and sometimes they run
>> MSwindows ...
>
> So? Then you share them using Samba.
>

On a multiboot system? Explain please.

I have actually considered doing the same thing... (Dual booting
between gentoo and freebsd-4) but so far my fast internet connection
has kept me from taking any action.

Sometimes I wish there were a good, simple, free and extremely
portable filesystem which we could use for such a purpose.

Anyone have better suggestions?

#5 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:47 AM

S wrote:
> Would you recommend to set these 2 directories (distfiles, packages) on FAT32
> partition?

No.

> Sometimes it facilitates swapping those binary files (wich are of time-
> consuming downloads/compilations) between computers, especially when they are
> multiboot ones and sometimes they run MSwindows ...

Use Samba if you need to share something over a network with Windows
computers.

Just mount the NTFS partition if you need to transfer something from a
previous Windows boot session.

Unless you have a good reason for needing to move files from a Linux
session to a Windows session (in precisely that direction) FAT32 is not
needed.

Hth,
--
Ben M.

#6 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:47 AM

Lee Harr enlightened us with:
> On a multiboot system? Explain please.

So what are you proposing? You are emerging from Gentoo, aren't you?
So what does Windows have to do with it?

> Anyone have better suggestions?

Yes, explain what you want because apparently I don't understand you.

Sybren
--
The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

#7 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:48 AM

Ben Measures <saint_abroadremove@removehotmail.com> wrote in
news:uGqvd.36688$up1.25634@text.news.blueyonder.co .uk:

> Unless you have a good reason for needing to move files from a Linux
> session to a Windows session (in precisely that direction) FAT32 is not
> needed.

But this is precisely what I meant!
What then?

--
S

#8 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:48 AM

Sybren Stuvel <sybrenUSE@YOURthirdtower.com.imagination> wrote in
news:slrncrt8si.jn8.sybrenUSE@sybren.thirdtower.co m:

> So what are you proposing? You are emerging from Gentoo, aren't you?
> So what does Windows have to do with it?

Please imagine there are 2 or more computers in the network and each of them
is used by several people - some persons prefer MSwindows some linux and
everyone boot one's preferred OS
so never is predicted whether on a given computer there is windows or linux
running
but despite this - the need for files swapping may emege urgently and
unexpectedly, at any moment!

--
S

#9 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:48 AM

S enlightened us with:
> Please imagine there are 2 or more computers in the network and each
> of them is used by several people - some persons prefer MSwindows
> some linux and everyone boot one's preferred OS so never is
> predicted whether on a given computer there is windows or linux
> running but despite this - the need for files swapping may emege
> urgently and unexpectedly, at any moment!

First you were talking about emerging stuff, now you're talking about
swapping files between networked computers. Make up your mind!

Sybren
--
The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

#10 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:48 AM

S wrote:

> Sybren Stuvel <sybrenUSE@YOURthirdtower.com.imagination> wrote in
> news:slrncrt8si.jn8.sybrenUSE@sybren.thirdtower.co m:
>
>> So what are you proposing? You are emerging from Gentoo, aren't you?
>> So what does Windows have to do with it?
>
> Please imagine there are 2 or more computers in the network and each of
> them is used by several people - some persons prefer MSwindows some linux
> and everyone boot one's preferred OS
> so never is predicted whether on a given computer there is windows or
> linux running
> but despite this - the need for files swapping may emege urgently and
> unexpectedly, at any moment!
>
OK, but why do you need to do this with distfiles etc? They are no use at
all under windows, so just keep them on linux native partitions and
download them in linux??

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