Thanks! What tool did you use to diddle the existing partition setup? I have a 512MB drive that I'd like to create a small 64MB ext3 partition on. While having both on an existing drive would be nice, if the dual thing isn't feasible, I suppose I can just watch & pick up a small cheapie on sale. -mj- Matt Mets wrote: > This should work fine. I have created ext2 partitions on my USB drive, > and have actually gone back and fourth between ext2 and fat32 as I > needed. AFAIK, it shouldnt matter what type of filesystem you use. > > On 6/2/06, *Mark Jarvis* > wrote: > > > FAT32/vfat is commonly used for file systems that need to be used by > both Windows & Linux, but it will not handle some Linux constructs like > symbolic links. > > Can a USB drive be formatted for a Linux specific file system such as > ext3 or ext2? This makes good sense if a USB drive is to be used > exclusively on Linux systems. > > Has anyone done this successfully? I could try on one of my USB drives, > but I'm chicken and don't want to take the chance of nuking it. > > -mj- > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss