<html>
  <head>
    <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"
      http-equiv="Content-Type">
  </head>
  <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
    Having to run fsck is going to be a problem with most filesystems. 
    If you use a file system like ext3/4 that has a journal if will
    recover faster though, but they will give you slightly slower write
    speeds and you'll loose space on on the journal itself.  There is
    also a lot of talk about the journal causing a lot of writes and
    wearing out your flash drive, but I would think the wear leveling
    would take care of that these days.<br>
    The bottom line is that you shouldn't be pulling out drives without
    unmounting them.  I'd use something like ext2 if I were you and just
    make sure you don't pull out the drive without unmounting it.<br>
    <br>
    Brian Cluff<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/16/2016 12:41 PM, Michael wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAFRvun+ceYAKUJStj903ByhEBh0vRzgKDWZ3Xtw2ep8k3yxH2w@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">
      <div dir="ltr">
        <div><span style="font-size:12.8px">so then:</span></div>
        <div><span style="font-size:12.8px">run cfdisk and then:</span></div>
        <div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br>
          </span></div>
        <span style="font-size:12.8px">     mkfs.ext3 <device>
          -L<name></span><br>
        <div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br>
          </span></div>
        <div><span style="font-size:12.8px">so if I forget to unnmount
            it fsck won't be necessary.</span></div>
      </div>
      <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 3:32 PM,
          Michael <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
          <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
            .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
            <div dir="ltr"><span class="">
                <p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px">I usually use a
                  backup drive bigger than all my drives, that way I can
                  keep older versions of my backups.</p>
              </span>
              <p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px">////</p>
              <p style="font-size:12.8px">Won't work, the reason I'm
                going to be using the 64 gig sd card is I ran out of
                space on my 32 gig usb drive.</p>
              <div><br>
              </div>
            </div>
            <div class="gmail_extra">
              <div>
                <div class="h5"><br>
                  <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 12:44
                    PM, Bob Elzer <span dir="ltr"><<a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:bob.elzer@gmail.com"
                        target="_blank">bob.elzer@gmail.com</a>></span>
                    wrote:<br>
                    <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
                      .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                      <p dir="ltr">Just a thought, but not counting the
                        flash drive,  what are the size of your disks? </p>
                      <p dir="ltr">I usually use a backup drive bigger
                        than all my drives, that way I can keep older
                        versions of my backups. </p>
                      <p dir="ltr">I do a daily rsync of my data files
                        and then tar them to a single file.</p>
                      <p dir="ltr">Plus I make an fsarchiver copy of the
                        OS drive.</p>
                      <p dir="ltr">This way if I mess something up and a
                        backup happens before I realize it, I can get an
                        older good copy.<br>
                      </p>
                      <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                        <div class="gmail_quote">
                          <div>
                            <div>On Sep 16, 2016 5:24 AM, "Michael" <<a
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com"
                                target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>>
                              wrote:<br type="attribution">
                            </div>
                          </div>
                          <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
                            style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px
                            #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                            <div>
                              <div>
                                <div dir="ltr">I was sitting here
                                  considering how one names drives. I
                                  did it once but it was at least a year
                                  ago and my memory is bad (at it's
                                  best). And so I was going to google
                                  'name filesystem' or something like
                                  that when that little voice inside my
                                  head cried out 'label'. So I opened a
                                  terminal and 'apropos label' and
                                  discovered that little voice inside my
                                  head can sometimes be right!
                                  <div><br>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>Anyways, there are a few options
                                    I could use. I still want to retain
                                    msdos properties so I can switch it
                                    between machines and..... wait! This
                                    is for my backup drive on a 64gig sd
                                    card. So I can make it a linux
                                    filesystem!</div>
                                  <div>So then:</div>
                                  <div><br>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>first make a partition on the
                                    device with cfdisk (ref linux
                                    fromscratch) then</div>
                                  <div><br>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>     mkfs.ext2 <device>
                                    -L<name></div>
                                  <div><br>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>Do I need to do anything else
                                    because of the size of the card?</div>
                                  <div>Should I do a different
                                    filesystem type?<br clear="all">
                                    <div><br>
                                    </div>
                                    -- <br>
                                    <div
                                      data-smartmail="gmail_signature">
                                      <div dir="ltr">
                                        <div>
                                          <div dir="ltr">
                                            <div><span
                                                style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">:-)~MIKE~(-:</span><br>
                                            </div>
                                          </div>
                                        </div>
                                      </div>
                                    </div>
                                  </div>
                                </div>
                                <br>
                              </div>
                            </div>
                            <span>------------------------------<wbr>---------------------<br>
                              PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org"
                                target="_blank">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.or<wbr>g</a><br>
                              To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change
                              your mail settings:<br>
                              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss"
                                rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.phxlinux.org/mail<wbr>man/listinfo/plug-discuss</a><br>
                            </span></blockquote>
                        </div>
                      </div>
                      <br>
                      ------------------------------<wbr>---------------------<br>
                      PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org"
                        target="_blank">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.or<wbr>g</a><br>
                      To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail
                      settings:<br>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss"
                        rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.phxlinux.org/mail<wbr>man/listinfo/plug-discuss</a><br>
                    </blockquote>
                  </div>
                  <br>
                  <br clear="all">
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
                </div>
              </div>
              <span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br>
                  <div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">
                    <div dir="ltr">
                      <div>
                        <div dir="ltr">
                          <div><span
                              style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">:-)~MIKE~(-:</span><br>
                          </div>
                        </div>
                      </div>
                    </div>
                  </div>
                </font></span></div>
          </blockquote>
        </div>
        <br>
        <br clear="all">
        <div><br>
        </div>
        -- <br>
        <div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">
          <div dir="ltr">
            <div>
              <div dir="ltr">
                <div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">:-)~MIKE~(-:</span><br>
                </div>
              </div>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <br>
      <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
      <br>
      <pre wrap="">---------------------------------------------------
PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss">http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a></pre>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
  </body>
</html>